Asia Pacific, 07 Jul 1937: Marco Polo Bridge Incident
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Political map of East Asia and the Western Pacific on 07 Jul 1937 (Second Sino-Japanese War: Marco Polo Bridge Incident), showing the following events: February 26 Incident; Mengjiang; Anti-Comintern Pact; Xian Incident; Colony of Burma; Marco Polo Bridge Incident.

S o v i e t U n i o n

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

Japanese
Empire

Nationalist

China

Mongolia(Sov. sat.)

South Seas Agency(Jap. mand.)

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

Philippines(US)

New Guinea(Aus. mand.)

French
Indochina(Fr. prot.)

Solomon Is.(Br.)

Hawaii(US terr.)

Malaya(Br. prot.)

Tuva(Sov. sat.)

Xinjiang(Sov. infl.)

Warlords(Nat. Ch. infl.)

Papua(Aus. terr.)

Manchukuo(Jap. pup.)

Alaska(US terr.)

Sarawak(Br. prot.)

Kuril Islands(Jap.)

Ryukyu Is.(Jap.)

N. Borneo(Br. prot.)

Brunei(Br. prot.)

P. Timor(Port.)

Inner
Mongolia(Jap. back.)

Nauru(Aus. mand.)

W. Samoa(NZ mand.)

American
Samoa(U.S.)

Gilbert

Islands(Br.)

Ellice Is.(Br.)

Union Is.(NZ terr.)

Phoenix Is.(Br.)

Marshall

Islands(Jap.)

Mariana

Islands(Jap.)

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

Paracel Is.(Fr. ctrl)

Spratly Is.(Fr. occ.)

Bonin Is.(Jap.)

Volcano Is.(Jap.)

International
Date Line

Feb 1936Pro-Imperial coup
attempt in Tokyo

May 1936Japanese support Inner Mongolia

Nov 1936Japan & Germany sign
Anti-Comintern Pact

Dec 1936Xian Incident: Chiang Kiashek
forced to ally with Communists

Apr 1937Burma separated
from India

7–9 Jul 1937Nationalists clash with Japanese
at Marco Polo Bridge, Beiping

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