Asia Pacific, 15 Dec 1943: Operation Cartwheel
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Political map of East Asia and the Western Pacific on 15 Dec 1943 (WWII: Victory Over Japan: Operation Cartwheel), showing the following events: Battle of Attu; New Georgia Campaign; Evacuation of Kiska; Battle of Tarawa; Battle of Arawe.

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. pup.)

French
Indochina(Jap. pres.)

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

Solomon Is.(US occ.)

Hawaii(US terr.)

Malaya(Jap. occ.)

Tuva(Sov. sat.)

Xinjiang(Nat. Ch. pres.)

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. occ.)

Nauru(Jap. occ.)

W. Samoa(NZ mand.)

American
Samoa(U.S.)

Gilbert

Islands(US occ.)

Ellice Is.(US pres.)

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

May 1943US retakes Attu

Jun–Aug 1943Allies take New Georgia

Jul 1943Japanese evacuate Kiska

Nov 1943US captures Tarawa

15 Dec 1943–24 Feb 1944US lands in New Britain

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