Southern Asia, 25 Mar 1943: Arakan, Chindits, and Bengal Famine
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Political map of South & Southwest Asia on 25 Mar 1943 (World War II: The South-East Asian Theater: Arakan, Chindits, and Bengal Famine), showing the following events: Second Battle of El Alamein; First Arakan Campaign; US operation of Persian Corridor; Surrender of the Sixth Army; Operation Longcloth; Bengal Famine.

I n d i a n

E m p i r e(Br. Raj)

S o v i e t U n i o n

I r a n(Br/Sov. occ)

Dutch
East Indies(Jap. occ.)

Egypt(Br. occ.)

French
Indochina(Jap. pres.)

Ma
Family(Nat. Ch. infl.)

Ethiopia(Br. prot.)

Nationalist
China

Thailand(Jap. sat.)

Malaya(Jap. occ.)

Anglo-
Egyptian
Sudan(Br. adm.)

Fr. Som.(Free Fr. adm.)

Br. Som.(Br. prot.)

Muscat
& Oman(Br. prot.)

Aden prot.(Br. prot.)

Burma(Jap. occ.)

Italian
Somaliland(Br. adm.)

Eritrea(Br. adm.)

Xinjiang(Nat. Ch. pres.)

Bhutan(Br. prot.)

Kuw.(Br. prot.)

Trucial
Oman(Br. prot.)

Andaman

&

Nicobar Is.(Jap. occ.)

Kashmir(Br. Ind. prot.)

Hyderabad(Br. Ind. prot.)

Mysore(Br. Ind. prot.)

Baluchistan(Br. Ind. agcy)

Central India(Br. Ind. agcy)

Rajputana(Br. Ind. agcy)

Maldives(Br. prot.)

Syria &
Lebanon(Br/Fr occ.)

Trans-
Jordan(Br. mand.)

Liu W.(Nat. Ch. infl.)

Ogaden(Br. adm.)

Palestine(Br. mand.)

Persian
Corridor(US pres.)

Pondichéry(Free Fr. adm.)

Karikal(Free Fr. adm.)

Mahé(Free Fr. adm.)

Yanaon(Free Fr. adm.)

Ch.(Free Fr. adm.)

Br.P.Gulf(Br. Ind.)

23 Oct–11 Nov 1942British defeat Axis
invasion of Egypt
at El Alamein

17 Dec 1942–14 May 1943British Arakan
offensive in Burma

Jan–May 1943US takes over operation
of Persian Corridor

Jan–Feb 1943Germans defeated
at Stalingrad

13 Feb–29 Apr 1943First Chindit expedition
in northern Burma

Mar–Dec 1943Millions die from
famine in Bengal

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