China in Revolution, 1911–1949 · THE MAP IN 1938

Map of China in 1938

Wuhan and Canton — the stalemate line

China in 1938: Wuhan and Canton — the stalemate line. 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 1938: Wuhan and Canton — the stalemate line. Colours show Foreign empires — British, French, Russian, American, The Empire of Japan & its puppets, The Republic of China — the government at the time. — 1938 · 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: 1938.85 · trace: 1933occupation;1940publishedprovince reference · vector: 1938–1938

Layer records and reconstruction methods

On the ground

Japan’s 1938 conquests included Shandong, the Xuzhou corridor and Wuhan. For six years, this marked the high-water line of its advance.
Japan took Canton and the delta in October 1938, closing the sea door.

The chapters of this moment

CH 8 — Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–38)

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