Southern Asia, 02 Aug 1945: Reconquest of Burma
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Political map of South & Southwest Asia on 02 Aug 1945 (World War II: The South-East Asian Theater: Reconquest of Burma), showing the following events: Turkey enters World War II; Saudi Arabia enters World War II; Japanese coup in French Indochina; Operation Dracula; German Instrument of Surrender; Battle of the Sittang Bend; Potsdam Declaration.

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.)

Ma
Family(Nat. Ch. infl.)

Nationalist
China

Thailand(Jap. sat.)

Malaya(Jap. occ.)

Anglo-
Egyptian
Sudan(Br. adm.)

Br. Som.(Br. prot.)

Muscat
& Oman(Br. prot.)

Aden prot.(Br. prot.)

Azad
Hind(Jap. pup.)

Indochina(Jap. occ.)

Syria(Br/Fr occ.)

Italian
Somaliland(Br. adm.)

Eritrea(Br. adm.)

E.T.R.(Sov. sat.)

Emp. of
Vietnam(Jap. pup.)

Laos(Jap. occ.)

Bhutan(Br. prot.)

Kuw.(Br. prot.)

Trucial
Oman(Br. prot.)

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.)

Trans-
Jordan(Br. mand.)

Liu W.(Nat. Ch. infl.)

Ogaden(Br. adm.)

Palestine(Br. mand.)

Persian
Corridor(US pres.)

Kampuchea(Jap. pup.)

Pondichéry(Fr.)

Br.P.Gulf(Br. Ind.)

23 Feb 1945Turkey declares war
on Germany & Japan

28 Feb 1945Saudi Arabia declares
war on Germany & Japan

Mar 1945Japan dismantles
French Indochina

3 May 1945British capture
Rangoon

7 May 1945Germany agrees
to surrender

3 Jul–4 Aug 1945British defeat Japanese
breakout attempt

26 Jul 1945Potsdam Declaration
calls for unconditional
surrender of Japan

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