Asia Pacific, 15 Dec 1917: Russian Revolution
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Political map of East Asia and the Western Pacific on 15 Dec 1917 (Warlords and Revolutionaries: Russian Revolution), showing the following events: Anhui and Zhili cliques; Manchu Restoration; Siam enters World War I; Entry of China into World War I; Duan Qirui’s Hunan debacle; October Revolution; Spanish Flu in East Asia.

Republic of China

R u s s i a(in anarchy)

D u t c h E a s t I n d i e s(Neth.)

Japanese
Empire

Indian
Empire(Br. Raj)

A u s t r a l i a(Br. dom.)

Philippines(US terr.)

French
Indochina(Fr. prot.)

German
New Guinea(Aus. occ.)

Solomon Is.(Br.)

Hawaii(US terr.)

Malaya(Br. prot.)

Tuva(Rus. prot.)

Fengtian
Clique

Papua(Aus. terr.)

Alaska(US terr.)

Nepal(Br. prot.)

Sarawak(Br. prot.)

C.E.R.(Rus. adm.)

S.M.R(Jap. adm.)

Kuril Islands(Jap.)

Ryukyu Is.(Jap.)

N. Borneo(Br. prot.)

Brunei(Br. prot.)

P. Timor(Port.)

Nauru(Aus. occ.)

German
Samoa(NZ occ.)

American
Samoa(U.S.)

Gilbert

Islands(Br.)

Ellice Is.(Br.)

Phoenix Is.(uninh.)

Jaluit

Station(Jap. occ.)

Palau(Jap. occ.)

Mariana

Islands(Jap. occ.)

C a r o l i n e I s l a n d s(Jap. occ.)

Paracel Is.(disp.)

Spratly Is.(disp.)

Bonin Is.(Jap.)

Volcano Is.(Jap.)

International
Date Line

Jul 1917Northern government begins to
fracture into competing factions

1–12 Jul 1917Royalists briefly restore
Manchu emperor

22 Jul 1917Siam declares war
on Central Powers

Aug 1917China declares war
on Central Powers

Nov 1917North Chinese attack
on Hunan defeated

7–8 Nov 1917Outbreak of
Russian Revolution

Nov 1917–?? 1919Flu pandemic hits China,
spreads across world

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