Southeast Asia in 1945
1945 is the end of the Second World War. This map shows the 8 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Southeast Asia in 1945
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Empire of Japan
- British Raj
- French Indochina
- Republic of China
- Kingdom of Thailand
- British Colonial Empire
- Commonwealth of Australia
- United States of America
New on the map since 1920
Republic of China · Kingdom of Thailand
Gone from the map by 1970
Empire of Japan · British Raj · French Indochina
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Southeast Asia in other years
Other regions in 1945
The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.