Asia Pacific, 06 Dec 1941: Eve of Pearl Harbor
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Political map of East Asia and the Western Pacific on 06 Dec 1941 (Second Sino-Japanese War: Eve of Pearl Harbor), showing the following events: Tokyo Peace Treaty; Operation Barbarossa; Operation “FU”; Freezing of Japanese assets; Hawaii Operation; Japan rejects terms offered by US government; Yangtze Patrol dissolved.

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

Mongolia(Sov. sat.)

Nationalist

China

South Seas Agency(Jap. mand.)

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

Philippines(US)

New Guinea(Aus. mand.)

Warlords(Nat. Ch. infl.)

French
Indochina(Jap. pres.)

Solomon Is.(Br.)

Hawaii(US terr.)

Malaya(Br. prot.)

Tuva(Sov. sat.)

Xinjiang(Sov. infl.)

Papua(Aus. terr.)

Manchukuo(Jap. pup.)

Alaska(US terr.)

Sarawak(Br. prot.)

Kuril Islands(Jap.)

Mong. A.F.(Jap. prot.)

North
China(Jap. occ.)

R.N.G.
China(Jap. pup.)

Ryukyu Is.(Jap.)

N. Borneo(Br. prot.)

Brunei(Br. prot.)

P. Timor(Port.)

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.(Jap. occ.)

Spratly Is.(Jap. occ.)

Bonin Is.(Jap.)

Volcano Is.(Jap.)

International
Date Line

May 1941Peace treaty btn
France & Thailand

Jun 1941Germany invades
Soviet Union

23–28 Jul 1941Japan moves into
southern Indochina

26 Jul 1941US & Britain freeze
Japanese assets

26 Nov–7 Dec 1941Japanese fleet
sails for Hawaii

1 Dec 1941Japan rejects US terms

5 Dec 1941US dissolves
Yangtze Patrol

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