Wallymanowar
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Joined: 8/1/2000 From: Vernon, B.C., Canada Status: offline
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Next Installment: Locations: 356: Pusan - Change name to Fusan - Japanese name for Pusan 358: Hungnam - Change to Konan - Japanese name for Hungnam 359: Mutanchiang - Change to Mutankiang - spelling 375: Kaigan - Change to Kalgan - spelling 392: Kuikang - Change to Kiukang - spelling 393: Hsinyang - change to Sinyang - spelling 395: Wuhan - Change to Hankow - Wuhan was the name given to the city that was formed in 1949 from the merger of Wuchang, Hankow, and Hanyang. It was also the name of the informal district formed by those three cities prior to that. Hankow more accurately occupies the location on the map and also has more historical importance. 409: Yunan - Change to Tsuyung - Yunan (correctly spelled Yunnan) was the name of the province. Tsuyung is the name of the city at the map location. 424: Taan - Change to Samah - Taan is an alternate name for the city of Xinzhou and is located on the northwest coast of Hainan. Other than that, I can find no reason for this name to be used and I have no idea why it was used. The more important centers on Hainan were Samah Bay with the port of Sanya on the south coast (where the Japanese fleet sailed from to attack Malaya), Haikou (the capital of the island), and Kiungshan (the site of a Japanese Seaplane base and Airbase). Both Kiungshan and Haikou were on the northeast coast. 425: Kiungahan - Change to Kiungshan - spelling 435: Siemrem Reap - Change to Siem Reap - All the references I have found only refer to the shorter name. 446: Pagan - Change name to Meiktila - Pagan is unimportant historically compared to Meiktila and changing it eliminates the duplication of the name (Pagan is also a Japanese controlled island north of Saipan) 456: Chandpur - Change name to Chittagong - Chandpur was an important river port but Chittagong was, and is, the largest seaport in East Bengal (modern Bangladesh), the capital of the district which Chandpur was part of, and accurately occupies the correct position on the map. 465: Diamond Harbor - Change this to Diamond Harbour - King's English spelling 469: Yanam - Change this to Vizagapatam - Yanam was the port city for the French Indian province of Pondicherry which is actually south of Madras. Vizagapatam is the name of the British Indian port at that location on the map. 470: Panaji - Change this to Nova Goa - Panaji is the modern name for Nova Goa. At the time Nova Goa was the capital of the Portuguese Indian colony of Goa, which occupies this position on the map. Since Portugal was technically neutral I wonder why it was included at all. 471: Trimcomalee - Change name to Trincomalee - spelling 480: Andaman Island - Change name to Port Blair - The actual name could be Andaman Islands (note the plural) but since Port Blair is the largest town and port it is more appropriate. 481: Nicobar Island - Change to Nicobar Islands - this was a island chain of 22 islands and islets. 485: Krung Thep - Change to Ayutthaya - Krung Thep is the Thai name for Bangkok. The city at the map location is Phrak Nakhon si Ayutthaya (short name is Ayutthaya) 487: Rahaeng - Change the name to Tak - this is the proper Thai name for the town, which acts as the gateway from Thailand to Myanmar (Burma). 488: Pisanuloke - Change to Phitsanulok - closer to the Thai name. 489: Bandou - Change to Surat Thani - The original name of the town was Bandon (so at least correct the spelling). The name was changed to Surat Thani in 1915 by the Thai King. 490: Songkhia - Change to Singora - The Thai name is Songkhla, so again, at the very least, the name should be spelled correctly. In 1941 it was more commonly known as Singora. One thing to note is that I ran into problems when looking into information for Cambodia during this period. If the information I have found is accurate, there should be no ports along the Cambodian coast during this time. At best there were only fishing villages and certainly no rail connection to the coast. The modern port at the site indicated on the WITP map (Kompong Trach) is called Kompong Som and used to be called Sihanoukville. Sihanoukville was named for Prince Sihanouk after the French finished developing the area into a deepwater port, with a rail connection, in 1964. That's all for tonight. There will be more when I compile my next corrections.
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