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Asia Pacific 104 years ago today: Japan's Twenty-One Demands (18 Jan 1915) https://buff.ly/2Rzw1CH Early in World War I, Japan seized the German Kiautschou Bay concession in eastern China. The next year they presented a set of 21 demands to the Chinese government to accept expanded Japanese influence in China. In the end President Yuan Shikai agreed to 13 of the demands, but Japan’s actions had created resentment in China and suspicion in Britain and the United States. #asiapacific #history #welovemaps #map #1910s #1915 #japaneseempire #empireofjapan #chinesehistory #21demands #january #january18 #germanempire #japanesehistory #marshallis #worldwari #maps #greatwar #worldwar1 #firstworldwar #ww1 #wwi #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historygeek #asianhistory #worldhistory #historybuff #historynerd (at Qingdao, Shandong) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsxJHLsAEeh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=94kelwh7i3pp

NEW MAP: Australasia 1889: Samoan Crisis (20 Aug 1889) https://buff.ly/2xWdEMe In the late 19th century Britain, Germany, and the US competed for Samoa due to their investments in its plantations and its strategic value as a coaling station. In 1887 the Germans intervened in the islands to make their favored chief king, provoking a civil war. In response, the US sent three warships to Samoa, which faced off against three German warships in Apia harbor. The crisis was brought to an inglorious end when a cyclone hit and wrecked all six warships. #australasia #history #welovemaps #map #1880s #1889 #americansamoa #august #august20 #australianhistory #france #germanempire #kingdomofhawaii #hawaiiankingdom #marshallis #nauru #newcaledonia #newzealand #newzealandhistory #samoa #britishempire #britishcommonwealth #westernsamoa #samoancrisis #imperialism #vanuatu #wallisandfutuna #maps #newhebrides #hawaii (at Apia, Samoa) https://www.instagram.com/p/BofAOtRhiO9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10tzl601ntvou

East Asia 96 years ago today: Russia in Mongolia (25 Jun 1921) http://omniatlas.com/maps/eastasia/19210625/ Ungern von Sternberg, a Russian general fleeing the Soviet advance, took advantage of Chinese weakness to occupy Mongolia. His rule would only last a few months before Soviet and Mongolian forces expelled him, however the Soviet dominance which followed would last for 70 years. #eastasia #history #welovemaps #1920s #1921 #chinesehistory #guangdong #japan #japanesehistory #june #june25 #kuomintang #leagueofnations #maps #marshallis #mongolia #palau #warlordchina (at Ulan Bator, Mongolia)

East Asia 73 years ago today: Burma Offensives (18 Apr 1944) http://omniatlas.com/maps/eastasia/19440418/ Allied momentum in the Pacific was not matched in Burma, where a British attempt at reconquest had been beaten back in early 1943. In 1944, the British tried again, using their irregular Chindit forces in an attempt to retake northern Burma and open up the overland route to China. The Japanese swiftly counterattacked with an invasion of northeast India, trying to cut British supply lines at Kohima and Imphal. #eastasia #history #welovemaps #1940s #1944 #allies #april #april18 #asiapacificwar #australia #burma #chinesecivilwar #chinesehistory #greatbritain #japan #japanesehistory #maps #marshallis #papuanewguinea #secondsinojapanesewar #unitedstates #worldwarii (at Myitkyin, Kachin State, Burma)

East Asia 102 years ago today: Japan's Twenty-One Demands (18 Jan 1915) http://omniatlas.com/maps/eastasia/19150118/ When World War I broke out in Europe in 1914, Japan swiftly seized German possessions in Asia and the Pacific, including the Kiautschou Bay concession in eastern China. The next year they presented a set of 21 demands to the Chinese government to accept expanded Japanese influence in China. In the end President Yuan Shikai agreed to 13 of the demands, but Japan's actions had created resentment in China and suspicion in Britain and the United States. #eastasia #history #welovemaps #1910s #1915 #china #chinesehistory #germany #january #january18 #japan #japanesehistory #maps #marshallis #worldwari (at Qiandao, Shandong, China)