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: Japanese capture of Rangoon; Allied surrender in Java; 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 1942Japanese enter Rangoon

8 Mar 1942Dutch surrender East Indies

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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