China in Revolution, 1911–1949 · THE MAP IN 1944

Map of China in 1944

Ichigo — points and lines

China in 1944: Ichigo — points and lines. The map shows who held what: The Empire of Japan & its puppets, Foreign empires — British, French, Russian, American, The Republic of China — the government at the time.

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Map of China in 1944: Ichigo — points and lines. Colours show The Empire of Japan & its puppets, Foreign empires — British, French, Russian, American, The Republic of China — the government at the time. — 1944 · CHINA IN REVOLUTION, 1911–1949

These maps are reconstructed from published sources · USOfficeoftheHistorian — ChineseRevolutionof1949 · Cliopatria v 0.2.1 — dated political boundaries · USArmy Center ofMilitaryHistory — China Defensive campaign · US diplomatic records — Jehol occupation,March 1933 · Natural Earth — physical reference geography · USMA: Long March, 1934-35 · USMA: Japanese Occupation, 1940 · USMA: Situation at the End of World War II

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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.
USArmy Center ofMilitaryHistory — China Defensive campaign. Historical facts consulted; original prose/artwork not republished
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
United States Military Academy, Department of History, Digital History Center. Source-map facts used for independent geographic reconstruction; original chart artwork is not republished

The Ichigo phase shows late November 1944. Published control shading and documented Guilin/Liuzhou city anchors correct omissions in the annual vectors; the 18 km city patches represent regional footprints.

proxy: 1936–1937reference forlate1935onward · proxy: 1938–1945 earliest separate multipart source reference · reconstruction: 1936–1937reference forpost1933Manchukuo · reconstruction: 1944.85 · trace: 1933occupation;1940publishedprovince reference · vector: 1944–1946

Layer records and reconstruction methods

On the ground

The 1944 Ichigo corridor cut a rail spine through Free China. It connected points and lines rather than securing possession of the whole area.

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