Newsmap. week of October 9 to October 16 / Monday, October 19, 1942 :
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| Format: | Government Document Map |
| Language: | English |
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[Washington, D.C.] :
[Army Service Forces, War Department],
[1942]
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| Item Description: | World map showing countries belonging to the United Nations, Axis and Axis-occupied areas, countries that broke relations with Axis, countries that maintain relations with both United Nations and Axis, and Vichy France. Shows military activity the week of October 9 to October 16, 1942. "Volume 1, no. 26." The War fronts, text keyed to world map: 1. Solomons -- 2. New Hebrides -- 3. New Guinea -- 4. Aleutians -- 5. Far Eastern waters -- 6. Russia -- 7. Mediterranean -- 8. Shipping -- 9. Western Europe. Includes 2 ancillary maps: [Guadalcanal Island region] -- The Russian front [showing troop movements and Nazi-occupied areas]. Includes 9 photographic images: In the Solomons [2 photos of U.S. Marines preparing weapons] -- Zero fighter [3 photos of captured Japanese plane] -- German mobile gun [150mm. Howitzer on a French tank chassis now captured by the British in North Africa] -- Insect protection [British soldiers wearing mosquito nets] -- Alaska road in use by December [3 photos showing construction of the Alaska Defense Highway]. On verso: Airborne command. 12 photographic images with descriptive text and explanation of the role of airborne troops. Poster. "Prepared from public sources of information." "U.S. Government Printing Office: 1942 -- 469049." |
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| Physical Description: | 1 map : color ; 48 x 103 cm, on sheet 89 x 119 cm Also available online. |