Great Power Naval Bases of the Orient, 1932

A map showing the naval reach of the Great Powers in 1932. The newspaper noted the problems in China in 1932 with Japanese fighting in Shanghai – Britain had already dispatched ships to Hong Kong and Shanghai in case of any incursion into the International Settlement. The US had battle fleets capable of reaching Shanghai in Cavite and Pearl Harbor. The French were a bit stuck as Saigon could only handle smaller ships. Rangoon sadly gets misspelled. You can click on the map to enlarge….