Asia Pacific, 27 Mar 1946: Reclaiming China
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Political map of East Asia and the Western Pacific on 27 Mar 1946 (End of the Old Order: Reclaiming China), showing the following events: Retrocession Day; Battle of Surabaya; British Commonwealth Occupation Force; Franco-Chinese Agreement; French land at Haiphong; Soviet Union withdraws from Manchuria.

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(Br/Aus occ.)

Mongolia(Sov. sat.)

Philippines(US)

Warlords(Nat. Ch. infl.)

Nationalist

China

Australia(Br. dom.)

Fr.
Indo-
china(Fr. prot.)

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

Solomon Is.(Br.)

Hawaii(US terr.)

Malaya(Br. adm.)

Manchuria(Sov. pres.)

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

Alaska(US terr.)

Taiwan(Nat. Ch.)

Sarawak(Aus. adm.)

Chinese
Communists

Kuril Islands(Sov. adm.)

Ryukyu Is.(US occ.)

Austr.
New Guinea(Aus. terr.)

Rep. of
Indonesia

N.Korea(Sov. occ.)

S.Korea(US occ.)

N. Borneo(Br. prot.)

Brunei(Aus. occ.)

P. Timor(Port.)

B.C.O.Z.(Br./Com. pres.)

Nauru(Aus. mand.)

W. Samoa(NZ mand.)

American
Samoa(U.S.)

Gilbert

Islands(Br.)

Ellice Is.(Br.)

Tokelau(NZ terr.)

Phoenix Is.(Br.)

Marshall

Islands(US occ.)

Mariana

Islands(US occ.)

C a r o l i n e I s l a n d s(US occ.)

Paracel Is.(disp.)

Spratly Is.(disp.)

Bonin Is.(US occ.)

Volcano Is.(US occ.)

International
Date Line

25 Oct 1945Taiwan ceded
to China

Oct–Nov 1945British defeat Indonesians at Surabaya

21 Feb 1946–28 Apr 1951British Commonwealth
forces in Japan

28 Feb 1946France returns
Kwangchowan to China

6 Mar 1946French land in
northern Indochina

Mar–May 1946Soviets withdraw from Manchuria

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