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  2. File:Pacific Area - Imperial Powers 1939 - Map.svg - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. File:Pacific Area - The Imperial Powers 1939 - Map.svg ...

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    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.

  4. Asia–Pacific - Wikipedia

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    The AsiaPacific (APAC) is the region of the world adjoining the western Pacific Ocean. The region's precise boundaries vary depending on context, but countries and territories in Australasia , East Asia , and Southeast Asia are often included.

  5. Pacific War - Wikipedia

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    The Pacific War, sometimes called the AsiaPacific War or the Pacific Theater, [36] was the theater of World War II fought between the Empire of Japan and the Allies in East and South East Asia, the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and Oceania.

  6. List of conflicts in Asia - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of wars and conflicts in Asia, particularly East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Russia.For a list of conflicts in Southwest Asia, Asia Pacific. see List of conflicts in the Near East for historical conflicts and List of conflicts in the Middle East, List of conflicts in Australia (related Asia Pacific) for contemporary conflicts.

  7. Interwar period - Wikipedia

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    Political map of the Asia-Pacific region, 1939. The Japanese modelled their industrial economy closely on the most advanced Western European models. They started with textiles, railways, and shipping, expanding to electricity and machinery. The most serious weakness was a shortage of raw materials.

  8. European colonisation of Southeast Asia - Wikipedia

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    Democracy and development in Southeast Asia: the winds of change (Routledge, 2018) Ness, Immanuel, and Zak Cope, eds. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism (2 vol. 2016) excerpt; Nimmo, William F. Stars and Stripes Across the Pacific: The United States, Japan, and Asia/Pacific Region, 1895-1945 (Greenwood, 2001). excerpt

  9. New Caledonia - Wikipedia

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    Meanwhile, in March 1942, with the assistance of Australia, [27] New Caledonia became an important Allied base, [24] and the main South Pacific Fleet base of the United States Navy in the South Pacific moved to Nouméa in 1942–1943. [28] The fleet that turned back the Japanese Navy in the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942 was based at ...