Southern Asia, 17 Jan 1941: Japanese Intervention in French Indochina
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Political map of South & Southwest Asia on 17 Jan 1941 (World War II: The Middle Eastern Theater: Japanese Intervention in French Indochina), showing the following events: Japanese invasion of French Indochina; Tripartite Pact; British reopening of Burma Road; Franco-Thai War.

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.(It. occ.)

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.)

22–26 Sep 1940Japan occupies
northern Indochina

27 Sep 1940Germany, Italy & Japan
sign Tripartite Pact

18 Oct 1940Britain reopens
Burma Road

5 Jan–9 May 1941Franco-Thai War

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