Asia Pacific, 18 Apr 1942: Doolittle Raid
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Political map of East Asia and the Western Pacific on 18 Apr 1942 (WWII: The Greater East Asia War: Doolittle Raid), showing the following events: Invasion of Salamaua–Lae; Royal Netherlands East Indies Army surrenders to Japanese in Java; Indian Ocean Raid; US forces in Bataan surrender to Japanese; Doolittle Raid.

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(Jap. occ.)

Japanese
Empire

Mongolia(Sov. sat.)

South Seas Agency(Jap. mand.)

Warlords(Nat. Ch. infl.)

Nationalist
China

Burma(Jap. occ.)

Australia(Br. dom.)

Philippines(Jap. occ.)

French
Indochina(Jap. pres.)

T.N.G.(Jap. occ.)

Solomon Is.(Br.)

Hawaii(US terr.)

Malaya(Jap. occ.)

Tuva(Sov. sat.)

Xinjiang(Sov. infl.)

Manchukuo(Jap. pup.)

Alaska(US terr.)

Thailand(Jap. sat.)

Sarawak(Jap. occ.)

Kuril Islands(Jap.)

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

North
China(Jap. occ.)

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

Ryukyu Is.(Jap.)

Austr.
New Guinea(Aus. terr.)

N. Borneo(Jap. occ.)

Brunei(Jap. occ.)

P. Timor(Jap. part. occ.)

Nauru(Aus. mand.)

W. Samoa(NZ mand.)

American
Samoa(U.S.)

Gilbert

Islands(Jap. occ.)

Ellice Is.(Br.)

Union Is.(NZ terr.)

Phoenix Is.(US pres.)

Marshall

Islands(Jap.)

H.K.(Jap. occ.)

Guam(Jap. occ.)

Mariana

Islands(Jap.)

Wake I.(Jap. occ.)

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.)

Canton(US adm.)

International
Date Line

8 Mar 1942Japan lands in New Guinea

8 Mar 1942Dutch surrender

31 Mar–10 Apr 1942Japan raids
Indian Ocean

9 Apr 1942US surrender
in Bataan

18 Apr 1942US hit Japan with
Doolittle Raid

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