Southern Asia, 16 Mar 1941: East African Campaign
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Political map of South & Southwest Asia on 16 Mar 1941 (World War II: The Middle Eastern Theater: East African Campaign), showing the following events: British conquest of Eritrea; British invasion of Ethiopia; Operation Canvas; Franco-Thai armistice; Operation Appearance.

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

Dutch
East Indies(Neth.)

Italian

East Africa(It.)

Egypt(Br. occ.)

Ma
Family(Nat. Ch. infl.)

Nationalist
China

Malaya(Br. prot.)

Anglo-
Egyptian
Sudan(Br. adm.)

Br. Som.(Br. prot.)

Muscat
& Oman(Br. prot.)

Aden prot.(Br. prot.)

French
Indochina(VFr. prot.)

Iraq(Br. infl.)

North
Indochina(Jap. pres.)

Xinjiang(Sov. infl.)

Bhutan(Br. prot.)

Kuw.(Br. prot.)

Trucial
Oman(Br. prot.)

Andaman

&

Nicobar Is.

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.)

Syria &
Lebanon(VFr. mand.)

Trans-
Jordan(Br. mand.)

Liu W.(Nat. Ch. infl.)

Palestine(Br. mand.)

Pondichéry(Free Fr. adm.)

Karikal(Free Fr. adm.)

Mahé(Free Fr. adm.)

Yanaon(Free Fr. adm.)

Ch.(Free Fr. adm.)

Br.P.Gulf(Br. Ind.)

19 Jan–11 Jun 1941British conquer Eritrea

20–31 Jan 1941British & Ethiopian
forces enter Ethiopia

24 Jan–1 Mar 1941British conquer
Italian Somaliland

31 Jan 1941Vichy French
ceasefire with
Thailand

16–20 Mar 1941British reconquer
British Somaliland

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