{"product_id":"pre-pearl-harbor-western-pacific-naval-strategic-threat-appraisal-map-april-1941-p-8-006783","title":"Pre-Pearl Harbor Western Pacific naval strategic threat appraisal map—April 1941","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e[Untitled pre Pearl Harbor geostrategic map of East Indies and the Western Pacific]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnonymous, untitled map of The South China Sea and the Japanese Southern Advance, Fortune, April 1941. A remarkable pre-Pearl Harbor strategic appraisal and Japanese threat assessment map of East and Southeast Asia, published seven months before Japan struck the Western Allies. Centred on the South China Sea, it sets China, Indo-China, Siam, Malaya, Singapore, the Philippines, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Palau and northern Australia within one vulnerable theatre. Heavy black arrows and manuscript-style notes assess likely Japanese thrusts, bases and prizes: noted Hong Kong as \"dangerously  isolated\", \"the Japanese would have a hard time attacking Singapore\", Cavite \"lacks facilities\", Palau \"strategically important\", and the Netherlands East Indies coveted for oil, rubber and tin. Its message is chillingly prescient: Japan’s southward move would be a war for resources, sea lanes and forward bases, not merely another phase of the China war alone.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52983563387227,"sku":"P-8-006783","price":70.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-8-006783a.jpg?v=1778784366","url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/fr\/products\/pre-pearl-harbor-western-pacific-naval-strategic-threat-appraisal-map-april-1941-p-8-006783","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}