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

Map of East Asia and the Pacific in September 1931

Mukden — Manchuria seized · road to WW2

East Asia and the Pacific in September 1931: Mukden — Manchuria seized. 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 September 1931 (road to WW2): Mukden — Manchuria seized. Colours show Colonial empires & possessions, The aggressors (Japan, Germany, Italy), Democracies & powers fighting them. — SEP 1931 · THE ROAD TO WAR, 1931–1941

These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Cliopatria v0.2.1 — dated political boundaries · US Consul at Mukden — report of26September1931 · Natural Earth — physical reference geography

Source details

Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. CC BY4.0 · Dated polity and constituent territory selections; campaign-dependent occupation overlays reconstructed separately.
US Consul at Mukden — report of26September1931. Historical facts consulted; no source artwork or prose republished
Natural Earth. Public domain

September 1931 shows the reported railway occupation. The Manchukuo state, established in 1932, is excluded from this phase.

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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Layer records and reconstruction methods

On the ground

Japan seized the northeast in 1931–32 and established the puppet state of Manchukuo there.

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