Southern Asia, 22 May 1941: Anglo–Iraqi War
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Political map of South & Southwest Asia on 22 May 1941 (World War II: The Middle Eastern Theater: Anglo–Iraqi War), showing the following events: Anglo-Iraqi War; Tokyo Peace Treaty; Battle of Crete.

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(Br. occ.)

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.)

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.)

2–31 May 1941British invade
and occupy Iraq

9 May 1941French Indochina surrenders
territory to Thailand

20 May–1 Jun 1941Germans conquer Crete

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