Newsmap : Monday, May 4, 1942 : week of April 24 to May 1

Author/Creator:

United States. Army Service Forces

Publication/Creation:

[Washington, D.C.] : [Army Service Forces], [1942]

Resource Type:

Map

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Newsmap : Monday, May 4, 1942 : week of April 24 to May 1 / distributed by Army Orientation Course

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Maps
War posters, American

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Japs advance to Lashio -- Allies raid Lae -- Japs attack in China -- Malta sends greetings -- Hitler in Detroit from Moscow -- Yanks in New Caledonia -- Gen. George killed -- Fourth registration -- President calls nation to new sacrifice -- Price control fixed -- Rescued crew hits sub -- U.S. movies bootlegged -- Home worries Hitler -- Eastern seaboard put under Army safeguard -- RAF 'second front' opens -- Malta stiffens fight -- Greek guerillas active -- Red commandoes strike.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

2 maps on 1 sheet : black & white and color ; sheet, 90 x 120 cm

General Note:

"Volume 1, Number 2."
Large map shows military activity across the globe during the week.
Inset map shows areas of heaviest rainfall around the Bay of Bengal.
Photographs: Fortresses roamed from Australia -- Maj. Gen. Patch Jr. -- Brig. Gen. Harold H. George -- Ways will be found to deliver the planes -- The gun crew got the range -- Lt. Gen. Drum -- Germans reported Red armoured trains -- Training of U.S. Army glider pilots.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990022302470302486

OCLC Number:

62471574

Barcode:

010001357387