Southern Asia, 05 Apr 1942: Indian Ocean Raid
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Political map of South & Southwest Asia on 05 Apr 1942 (World War II: The South-East Asian Theater: Indian Ocean Raid), showing the following events: Allied surrender in Java; Japanese capture of Rangoon; Cripps’ mission; Japanese seize Andaman Islands; Indian Ocean Raid.

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

I r a n(Br/Sov. occ)

Dutch
East Indies(Jap. occ.)

Egypt(Br. occ.)

French
Indochina(Jap. pres.)

Ma
Family(Nat. Ch. infl.)

Ethiopia(Br. prot.)

Nationalist
China

Thailand(Jap. sat.)

Malaya(Jap. occ.)

Anglo-
Egyptian
Sudan(Br. adm.)

Br. Som.(Br. prot.)

Muscat
& Oman(Br. prot.)

Aden prot.(Br. prot.)

Burma(Jap. occ.)

Italian
Somaliland(Br. adm.)

Eritrea(Br. adm.)

(Nat. Ch. pres.)

Xinjiang(Sov. infl.)

Bhutan(Br. prot.)

Kuw.(Br. prot.)

Trucial
Oman(Br. prot.)

Andaman

&

Nicobar Is.(Jap. occ.)

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(Br/Fr occ.)

Trans-
Jordan(Br. mand.)

Liu W.(Nat. Ch. infl.)

Ogaden(Br. adm.)

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.)

8 Mar 1942Dutch surrender East Indies

8 Mar 1942Japanese enter Rangoon

22 Mar–11 Apr 1942British attempt to persuade
Indian nationalists to
cooperate in war fails

23 Mar 1942Japanese occupy
Andaman Islands

31 Mar–10 Apr 1942Japanese raid Colombo
& British shipping
in Indian Ocean

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