Asia Pacific, 23 Jan 1942: Japanese Onslaught in the Pacific
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Political map of East Asia and the Western Pacific on 23 Jan 1942 (WWII: The Greater East Asia War: Japanese Onslaught in the Pacific), showing the following events: Battle of Borneo; Battle of Wake Island; Battle of Hong Kong; ABDACOM; Dutch East Indies Campaign; Battle of Rabaul.

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(Neth.)

Japanese
Empire

Mongolia(Sov. sat.)

South Seas Agency(Jap. mand.)

New Guinea(Aus. mand.)

Warlords(Nat. Ch. infl.)

Nationalist
China

Australia(Br. dom.)

Philippines(Jap. occ.)

French
Indochina(Jap. pres.)

Solomon Is.(Br.)

Hawaii(US terr.)

Malaya(Jap. occ.)

Tuva(Sov. sat.)

Xinjiang(Sov. infl.)

Papua(Aus. terr.)

Manchukuo(Jap. pup.)

Alaska(US terr.)

Thailand(Jap. pres.)

Sarawak(Jap. occ.)

Kuril Islands(Jap.)

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

North
China(Jap. occ.)

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

Ryukyu Is.(Jap.)

N. Borneo(Jap. occ.)

Brunei(Jap. occ.)

P. Timor(Aus. 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

16 Dec 1941Japan invades
Borneo

23 Dec 1941Japan takes
Wake I.

25 Dec 1941Fall of Hong Kong

1 Jan 1942Allies form
ABDA
Command

11 Jan 1942Japan invades Dutch East Indies

22–23 Jan 1942Japan takes Rabaul

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