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The borders of Tibet, China and Singkiang are based off the National Geographic "China Map 1945" and China_old_map_1936.jpg. Author derivative work: Emok ( talk )
English: A map of the Imperial Powers of the Pacific, 1939-09-01. Dates shown indicate the approximate year that the various powers gain control of their possessions. Japanese control of territory in China was tenuous.
Text "Boundary after war" changed to "Chilean boundary after war" 18:01, 23 September 2009: 804 × 1,026 (232 KB) Keysanger: Title wasn't necessary, Margin was too big: 23:46, 1 July 2009: 744 × 1,052 (225 KB) Keysanger: coordinates a white difuse coast line in background
In Allied countries during the war, the "Pacific War" was not usually distinguished from World War II, or was known simply as the War against Japan. In the United States, the term Pacific theater was widely used. The US Armed Forces considered the China Burma India theater to be distinct from the Asiatic-Pacific theater during the conflict.
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The Asiatic-Pacific Theater was the theater of operations of U.S. forces during World War II in the Pacific War during 1941–1945. From mid-1942 until the end of the war in 1945, two U.S. operational commands were in the Pacific.
China has upset many countries in the Asia-Pacific region with its release of a new official map that lays claim to most of the South China Sea, as well as to contested parts of India and Russia ...
English: Australian War map published between 1914 and 1918 with an emphasis on German possessions in the Pacific (German Samoa) and in China. The map shows the area of influence (British, French, USA, German...), although there are some errors : Wallis and Futuna were under French protectorate and not British ; Niue ("Savage island") was under British rule, not American.