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English: Map is derived from Maps used in Willoughby, Charles A. , ed. (1994) Reports of General MacArthur: Japanese Operations in the Southwest Pacific Area, U. S. Government Printing Office OCLC: 1054369044. Maps were modified by photoshop to remove extraneous information.

The information for the Japanese Absolute National Defense Line is taken from the descriptions in Map on pg. 227 in Willoboughby and from descriptions in Tanaka, Yuki (2023) "Asia-Pacific War" in Hein, Laura E. , ed. The Modern Japanese Nation and Empire c. 1868 to the Twenty-First Century, The New Cambridge History of Japan, III, Cambridge University Press DOI: 10.1017/9781108164535.007. ISBN: 9781108164535. OCLC: 1382587192. in eBook section Widening the War into the Asia-Pacific Theatre of World War II, The Third Stage §5.

B-29 range of 1600 nautical miles is derived from map in (1983) The Pacific: Matterhorn to Nagasaki, June 1944 to August 1945, The Army Air Forces in World War II, 6, Office of Air Force History ISBN: 9780912799032. OCLC: 9828710. on p. 5

Path of V Amphibious Corps given in *Crowl, Philip A. (1993) Campaign in the Marianas, United States Army in World War II, The War in the Pacific, 9, Center of Military History, United States Army OCLC: 1049152860. on p. 49–50
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This map shows the strategic impact of the Battle of Saipan, including B-29 operational range overlapping with Japanese Homeland

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current17:16, 25 October 2024Thumbnail for version as of 17:16, 25 October 2024804 × 676 (8.58 MB)WtfivReverted to version as of 01:47, 13 April 2024 (UTC) Map in Japanese Official Military History, p. 119 doesn't include Marcus Island
17:32, 5 August 2024Thumbnail for version as of 17:32, 5 August 2024804 × 676 (8.58 MB)WtfivUpdated defense line: Minamitorishiam (Marcus Island), part of the Ogasawara Islands mentioned in the Absolute National Defense Zone was occupied by Japan
01:47, 13 April 2024Thumbnail for version as of 01:47, 13 April 2024804 × 676 (8.58 MB)Wtfivdefense line to defense zone, as the internal area is important too.
18:48, 12 April 2024Thumbnail for version as of 18:48, 12 April 2024804 × 676 (8.58 MB)WtfivChanged name (alternate translation) removed Marcus Island from Sphere
17:50, 19 February 2024Thumbnail for version as of 17:50, 19 February 2024804 × 676 (8.58 MB)Wtfivadded scale
09:54, 19 February 2024Thumbnail for version as of 09:54, 19 February 2024804 × 676 (7.01 MB)WtfivReverted to version as of 09:47, 19 February 2024 (UTC) Biak not taken until August 1944
09:52, 19 February 2024Thumbnail for version as of 09:52, 19 February 2024804 × 676 (7.01 MB)Wtfivmoved line to reflect that Macarthur already took Biak.
09:47, 19 February 2024Thumbnail for version as of 09:47, 19 February 2024804 × 676 (7.01 MB)WtfivFixing graphics-wrong file
09:46, 19 February 2024Thumbnail for version as of 09:46, 19 February 2024804 × 676 (7 MB)WtfivFixing graphics
09:22, 19 February 2024Thumbnail for version as of 09:22, 19 February 2024804 × 676 (7.01 MB)WtfivArrow corrected
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