China in Revolution, 1911–1949 · THE MAP IN 1937

Map of China in 1937

Peking, Shanghai, Nanjing fall

China in 1937: Peking, Shanghai, Nanjing fall. 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 1937: Peking, Shanghai, Nanjing fall. Colours show Foreign empires — British, French, Russian, American, The Empire of Japan & its puppets, The Republic of China — the government at the time. — 1937 · 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 · USMA: Long March, 1934-35 · USMA: Japanese Occupation, 1940

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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
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

proxy: 1936–1937reference forlate1935onward · proxy: 1938–1945 earliest separate multipart source reference · reconstruction: 1936–1937reference forpost1933Manchukuo · reconstruction: 1937.95 · trace: 1933occupation;1940publishedprovince reference · vector: 1938–1938

Layer records and reconstruction methods

On the ground

In 1937, Japan occupied Peking, Tianjin, Taiyuan and the rail corridors of north China.
By the end of 1937, Japan occupied the Yangtze delta, including Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou.

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