Asia Pacific, 15 Aug 1945: Japanese Surrender
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Political map of East Asia and the Western Pacific on 15 Aug 1945 (WWII: Victory Over Japan: Japanese Surrender), showing the following events: Atomic bombing of Nagasaki; Soviet invasion of Manchuria; Invasion of South Sakhalin; Kyujo Incident; Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance; Jewel Voice Broadcast.

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(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.)

Empire
of
Vietnam(Jap. pup.)

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

Alaska(US terr.)

Indochina(Jap. occ.)

Sarawak(Jap. occ.)

Manch.(Jap. pup.)

Kuril Islands(Jap.)

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

9 Aug 1945US drops atom
bomb on Nagasaki

9–20 Aug 1945Soviets invade Manchuria

11–25 Aug 1945Soviets invade south Sakhalin

14–15 Aug 1945Militarists
attempts coup

14 Aug 1945Chinese recognize Mongolian independence

15 Aug 1945Japan agrees to surrender

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