The Road to War, 1931–1941 · THE MAP IN
Map of East Asia and the Pacific in December 1941
Pearl Harbor — the world war · road to WW2
East Asia and the Pacific in December 1941: Pearl Harbor — the world war. Since September 1940, 7 territories changed status on this map: including The Soviet Union, Soviet Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and 4 more.
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What changes on the map
| The Soviet Union | Aggressor clients & partners → Democracies & powers fighting them |
| Soviet Kazakhstan | Aggressor clients & partners → Democracies & powers fighting them |
| Tajikistan | Aggressor clients & partners → Democracies & powers fighting them |
| Kyrgyzstan | Aggressor clients & partners → Democracies & powers fighting them |
| Soviet Uzbekistan | Aggressor clients & partners → Democracies & powers fighting them |
| Mongolia (Soviet-aligned) | Aggressor clients & partners → Democracies & powers fighting them |
| Siam (mod. Thailand) | Neutral & unaligned → Aggressor clients & partners |
On the ground
- From July 1941, Japan occupied all French Indochina. The move triggered the oil freeze.
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