China in Revolution, 1911–1949 · THE MAP IN 1933

Map of China in 1933

Manchukuo and the Tanggu Truce

China in 1933: Manchukuo and the Tanggu Truce. The map shows who held what: Foreign empires — British, French, Russian, American, The Empire of Japan & its puppets, The Republic of China — the government at the time.

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Map of China in 1933: Manchukuo and the Tanggu Truce. Colours show Foreign empires — British, French, Russian, American, The Empire of Japan & its puppets, The Republic of China — the government at the time. — 1933 · CHINA IN REVOLUTION, 1911–1949

These maps are reconstructed from published sources · USOfficeoftheHistorian — ChineseRevolutionof1949 · Cliopatria v 0.2.1 — dated political boundaries · US diplomatic records — Jehol occupation,March 1933 · Natural Earth — physical reference geography · Tangku Truce Agreement,31May1933 — published primary text · USMA: Warlords, 1925 · USMA: Long March, 1934-35 · USMA: Japanese Occupation, 1940

Source details

USOfficeoftheHistorian — ChineseRevolutionof1949. Historical facts consulted; original prose/artwork not republished
Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. CC BY4.0 · Dated polity and constituent territory selections; campaign-dependent occupation overlays reconstructed separately.
US diplomatic records — Jehol occupation,March 1933. Historical facts consulted; no source artwork or prose republished
Natural Earth. Public domain
Tangku Truce Agreement,31May1933 — published primary text. Historical facts consulted; original prose/artwork not republished
United States Military Academy, Department of History, Digital History Center. Source-map facts used for independent geographic reconstruction; original chart artwork is not republished
United States Military Academy, Department of History, Digital History Center. Source-map facts used for independent geographic reconstruction; original chart artwork is not republished
United States Military Academy, Department of History, Digital History Center. Source-map facts used for independent geographic reconstruction; original chart artwork is not republished

Warlord regions use the nearest published coalition map from 1925 or 1928–1937. District-level allegiances changed, so these are represented by a disclosed regional reference.

proxy: 1938–1945 earliest separate multipart source reference · reconstruction: 1932–1935source regionalreference · reconstruction: 1933-05-31 · reconstruction: 1933.45 · reconstruction: 1936–1937reference forpost1933Manchukuo · trace: 1925 regionalcoalitions · trace: 1933occupation;1940publishedprovince reference · vector: 1932–1937

Layer records and reconstruction methods

On the ground

From 1932 to 1945, Manchukuo was a puppet state of the Kwantung Army, with the last Qing emperor serving as its mask.
Manchukuo annexed Jehol in March 1933, after a campaign lasting ten days.

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