Southern Asia, 12 Sep 1945: Japanese Surrender in South-East Asia
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Political map of South & Southwest Asia on 12 Sep 1945 (World War II: The South-East Asian Theater: Japanese Surrender in South-East Asia), showing the following events: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima; Jewel Voice Broadcast; Revocation of Thai war declaration; Indonesian Independence; August Revolution; Operation Tiderace; Operation Masterdom.

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)

Egypt(Br. occ.)

Ma
Family(Nat. Ch. infl.)

Republic of
Indonesia(Jap. pres.)

Nationalist
China

Malaya(Br. adm.)

Anglo-
Egyptian
Sudan(Br. adm.)

Br. Som.(Br. prot.)

Muscat
& Oman(Br. prot.)

Aden prot.(Br. prot.)

Syria(Br/Fr occ.)

Italian
Somaliland(Br. adm.)

Eritrea(Br. adm.)

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

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.)

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.)

6 Aug 1945US drops atomic
bomb on Hiroshima

15 Aug 1945Japan agrees to surrender

16 Aug 1945Thailand makes
peace with Allies

17 Aug 1945Indonesia declares
independence

19–30 Aug 1945Viet Minh seize
power in Vietnam

4–12 Sep 1945British return to Singapore

12–13 Sep 1945British & French troops
arrive in Indochina

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