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Map of the Pacific theatre, 1941-1945

Map of the Pacific theatre, 1941-1945

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Pacific map

Map showing the Second World War’s Pacific theatre of operations, 1941–1945. The dark line marks the high tide of Japanese expansion across the Pacific in July 1942.

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Map from Ian McGibbon (ed.), The Oxford Companion to New Zealand military history, Oxford University Press, Auckland, 2000

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