The Road to War, 1931–1941 · THE MAP IN 1939

Map of East Asia and the Pacific in 1939

Hainan taken; Japan checked at Khalkhin Gol · road to WW2

East Asia and the Pacific in 1939: Hainan taken; Japan checked at Khalkhin Gol. The map shows who held what: Colonial empires & possessions, The aggressors (Japan, Germany, Italy), Democracies & powers fighting them.

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Map of East Asia and the Pacific in 1939 (road to WW2): Hainan taken; Japan checked at Khalkhin Gol. Colours show Colonial empires & possessions, The aggressors (Japan, Germany, Italy), Democracies & powers fighting them. — 1939 · THE ROAD TO WAR, 1931–1941

These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Cliopatria v0.2.1 — dated political boundaries · US diplomatic records — Jehol occupation,March1933 · Natural Earth — physical reference geography · USMA: Japanese Occupation, 1940

Source details

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,March1933. 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

The separately published Tibetan polity remains neutral. The authored modern-China interaction region does not make Tibet a Chinese battlefield or Allied-controlled territory.

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On the ground

Japan occupied Hainan island in February 1939, gaining a springboard toward Indochina.

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