Asia Pacific, 26 Sep 1940: Japanese invasion of French Indochina
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Political map of East Asia and the Western Pacific on 26 Sep 1940 (Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese invasion of French Indochina), showing the following events: Germany invasion of Poland; Battle of Changsha; Second Armistice at Compiègne; British closure of the Burma Road; Japanese invasion of French Indochina.

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.)

Nationalist

China

South Seas Agency(Jap. mand.)

A u s t r a l i a(Br. dom.)

Philippines(US)

New Guinea(Aus. mand.)

Warlords(Nat. Ch. infl.)

French
Indochina(VFr. prot.)

Solomon Is.(Br.)

Hawaii(US terr.)

Malaya(Br. prot.)

Tuva(Sov. sat.)

Xinjiang(Sov. infl.)

Papua(Aus. terr.)

Manchukuo(Jap. pup.)

Alaska(US terr.)

Sarawak(Br. prot.)

Kuril Islands(Jap.)

Mengjiang(Jap. prot.)

North
China(Jap. occ.)

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

Ryukyu Is.(Jap.)

North
Indochina(Jap. pres.)

N. Borneo(Br. prot.)

Brunei(Br. prot.)

P. Timor(Port.)

Nauru(Aus. mand.)

W. Samoa(NZ mand.)

American
Samoa(U.S.)

Gilbert

Islands(Br.)

Ellice Is.(Br.)

Union Is.(NZ terr.)

Phoenix Is.(Br.)

Marshall

Islands(Jap.)

Mariana

Islands(Jap.)

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.)

International
Date Line

Sep 1939WWII: Germany
invades Poland

Sep–Oct 1939Japanese attack on
Changsha defeated

Jun 1940Germany
conquers France

Jul 1940British close Burma Road
under Japanese pressure

22–26 Sep 1940Japanese land
in north French
Indochina

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