Japan's military expansion
This is a map of the Japanese Empire during World War II. Published on February 14, 1943, this map captures the moment when the tide of the war was turning in the Allies' favor. Depicting the western Pacific and East Asia, a dashed-and-dotted line encloses the Japanese Empire from Karafuto south to the Caroline Islands and the Marshall Islands. Japan and its overrun territories are highlighted in red, including Southeast Asia, the Philippines, Indonesia, and parts of China. Half of New Guinea and Guadalcanal are yellow after the Allies successfully captured Guadalcanal and invaded New Guinea. The bold red line marks the 'high water mark' of Japanese aggression in the Pacific, but it doesn't quite reach Pearl Harbor, which appears along the right. The black dashed line encircles the area where the Japanese have established air bases that could reach Australia and other Allied positions.
- Date
- February 14, 1943
- Mapmaker / publisher
- William Wisner
- Place
- Asia-Pacific
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 1,339 × 1,754 pixels
Public domain
Reason: its maker died long enough ago that the copyright has expired.
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Credit line
"Japan's military expansion" (February 14, 1943). William Wisner, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Japan%27s_military_expansion,_1943.jpgNeed maps for a whole project? Add Find Any Map to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 24112.
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