Newsmap. Monday, August 23, 1943 [cartographic material] : week of August 12 to August 19, 206th week of the war, 88th week of U.S. participation / prepared and distributed by Army Orientation Course, Special Service Division, Army Service Forces, War Dept
- Corporate Author:
- United States. Army Service Forces. Special Service Division
- Additional Titles:
- Monday, August 23, 1943 : week of August 12 to August 19, 206th week of the war, 88th week of U.S. participation
- Published:
- Washington, D.C. : Army Service Forces, War Dept., [1943]
Washington, D.C. : Army Air Forces distribution by Publications Division, Air Adjutant General, HQ., AAF.
Washington, D.C. : Navy distribution by Educational Services Section, BuPers, Navy Dept. - Physical Description:
- 2 maps and 1 remote-sensing image on 1 sheet : color ; 50 x 71 cm or smaller, on sheet 90 x 120 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Caniff, Milton Arthur, 1907-1988, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel. Educational Services Section, and United States. Army Air Forces. Publications Division
Online Version
- digital.library.unt.edu , Digital image at University of North Texas digital library
Related Resources
- digital.library.unt.edu , Digitized collection information at the University of North Texas
- Contents:
- [Map of Europe and Mediterranean region showing Axis- and Allied-controlled ares and neutrals] -- Stepping stone to Tokyo [Map of Solomon Islands showing Japanese- and Allied-controlled ares] -- Looking southeast from Salamaua [Aerial photograph of Salamaua region with features named].
- Report Numbers:
- W.109.107:2/18
- Subject(s):
- China. Lu jun—Pictorial works
- World War, 1939-1945—Campaigns—Maps
- World War, 1939-1945—Campaigns—Europe—Maps
- World War, 1939-1945—Campaigns—Mediterranean Region—Maps
- World War, 1939-1945—Campaigns—New Guinea—Aerial photographs
- World War, 1939-1945—Campaigns—Solomon Islands—Maps
- World War, 1939-1945—Occupied territories—Maps
- World War, 1939-1945—Europe—Occupied territories—Maps
- World War, 1939-1945—Mediterranean Region—Occupied territories—Maps
- World War, 1939-1945—Solomon Islands—Occupied territories—Maps
- World War, 1939-1945—Papua New Guinea—Salamaua Region—Aerial photographs
- Europe—Maps
- Mediterranean Region—Maps
- Salamaua Region (Papua New Guinea)—Aerial photographs
- Solomon Islands—Maps
- Genre(s):
- Cartographic Mathematical Data:
- Scale: approximately 1:10,300,000 (W 9°44ʹ--E 42°08ʹ/N 66°04ʹ--N 29°49ʹ).
Scale: approximately 1:1,240,000 (E 154°30ʹ--E 161°00ʹ/S 5°00ʹ--S 10°00ʹ).
Scale not given. - Note:
- Relief shown by shading on Europe map, and by hachures on Solomon Islands map.
"Volume II no. 18."
War fronts: Air offensive, Sicily, Russia, New Guinea, New Georgia, Borneo, Kuril Is., Pacific.
Includes 6 photographs: U.S Ninth Air Force raid on Ploesti area oil refineries -- 5 key airfields in the Solomon Islands (Buka Passage, Kahili, Ballale, Vila, Munda).
On verso: China's army is a seasoned military team [col. ill. of Chinese soldiers drawn by MIlton Caniff, text and ill. describing Chinese-Japanese battles, and English-Chinese translation of common phrases used by soldiers].
"Prepared from public sources of information."
"U.S. Government Printing Office: 1943 - 538110." - Other Forms:
- Also available online.
- Action Note:
- Housed; Encapsulation; PSU Libraries 000067244935,
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