Asia Pacific, 26 Aug 1942: Operation Watchtower
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Political map of East Asia and the Western Pacific on 26 Aug 1942 (WWII: The Greater East Asia War: Operation Watchtower), showing the following events: Henderson Field; Kokoda Trail campaign; Guadalcanal Landings; Japan occupies Nauru.

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.)

South Seas Agency(Jap. mand.)

Warlords(Nat. Ch. infl.)

Nationalist
China

Burma(Jap. occ.)

Australia(Br. dom.)

Philippines(Jap. occ.)

French
Indochina(Jap. pres.)

T.N.G.(Jap. occ.)

Solomon Is.(Jap. occ.)

Hawaii(US terr.)

Malaya(Jap. occ.)

Tuva(Sov. sat.)

Xinjiang(Sov. infl.)

Manchukuo(Jap. pup.)

Alaska(US terr.)

Thailand(Jap. sat.)

Sarawak(Jap. occ.)

Kuril Islands(Jap.)

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

North
China(Jap. occ.)

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

Ryukyu Is.(Jap.)

Austr.
New Guinea(Aus. terr.)

N. Borneo(Jap. occ.)

Brunei(Jap. occ.)

P. Timor(Jap. part. occ.)

Nauru(Jap. occ.)

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

Jul 1942Japan starts building
airfield on Guadalcanal

Jul–Nov 1942Japanese & Australians
fight over Kokoda Trail

7–8 Aug 1942US lands on
Guadalcanal

26 Aug 1942Japan occupies
Nauru

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