Asia Pacific, 06 Aug 1945: Bombing of Hiroshima
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Political map of East Asia and the Western Pacific on 06 Aug 1945 (WWII: Victory Over Japan: Bombing of Hiroshima), showing the following events: Battle of West Hunan; Battle of North Borneo; Australian troops land at Balikpapan, Dutch Borneo; Potsdam Declaration; Atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

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D u t c h E a s t I n d i e s(Jap. occ.)

Japanese
Empire

Mongolia(Sov. sat.)

Philippines(US)

Warlords(Nat. Ch. infl.)

Nationalist
China

Australia(Br. dom.)

T.N.G.(Aus. terr.)

Solomon Is.(US occ.)

Hawaii(US terr.)

Malaya(Jap. occ.)

Manchukuo(Jap. pup.)

Empire
of
Vietnam(Jap. pup.)

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

Alaska(US terr.)

Thailand(Jap. sat.)

Indochina(Jap. occ.)

Sarawak(Jap. occ.)

Kuril Islands(Jap.)

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

North
China(Jap. occ.)

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

Ryukyu Is.(US occ.)

Austr.
New Guinea(Aus. terr.)

N. Borneo(Jap. occ.)

Brunei(Aus. occ.)

P. Timor(Jap. occ.)

Kampuchea(Jap. pup.)

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(US occ.)

H.K.(Jap. occ.)

Mariana

Islands(US occ.)

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.(US occ.)

Canton(US adm.)

International
Date Line

Apr–Jun 1945Chinese victory
in West Hunan

10 Jun 1945Australians
land in Brunei

1 Jul 1945Australians land
at Balikpapan

26 Jul 1945Potsdam Declaration:
Allies call for unconditional
surrender of Japan

6 Aug 1945US drops atom
bomb on Hiroshima

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