A History of the World From the 20th to the 21st Century

Chungking

Singapore

LuzonManila

Leyte TimorDarwin

Cocos Is.

Christmas Is.

June ’45

May ’45

Sept ’44

March ’44

Nov. ’43

Oct ’44

April ’45

Rangoon

CHINA

JAPAN

INDIA 1

2

3

4

Peking Nanking

ShanghaiOkinawa

Tokyo

IwojimaFeb. ’45 Paulau Is.Sept. ’44

Solomon Is.March ’43

Gilbert Is.

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miles

Caroline Is.

Tinian

June–July ’44

Guadalcanal

Aug. ’42

Marshall Is.

Jan. ’44

Wake Is.

Midway Is.

Saipan

1 Adm. Mountbatten, supreme commander south-east Asia 2 Gen. MacArthur, commander-in-chief south-west Pacific 3 Adm. Halsey, commander south Pacific 4 Adm. Nimitz, commander-in-chief Pacific Ocean area

Guam

Aleutian Is.

May ’43Aug. ’43

Seoul

Ryuku Is.

BURMA

INDO-CHINA

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

HAWAIIANISLANDS

THAILAND MALAYASUM

ATR

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NETHERLANDSEAST INDIES

BORNEO

JAVA

FORMOSA

Maria

naIs.

New Guinea

Pearl Harbor

Nov. ’43

PACIFIC OCEAN

CORAL

SEA

War in the Pacific, 1943–5