World War, 1939-1945

An American map titled "Newsmap for the Armed Forces: Monday, October 9, 1944." The map of the Palau Islands shows island passages, harbors, reefs, and areas under American control. The map of the Eastern and Italian front shows railroads, rivers, relief, international boundaries, battle lines, and points of Allied activity. The map of the Western front shows rivers, relief, international boundaries, battle lines, and points of Allied and German activity. Printed text reveals news on multiple fronts.

An American map titled "Newsmap for the Armed Forces: Monday, October 2, 1944." The map of the Eastern front shows railroads, rivers, international boundaries, battle lines, and points of Soviet activity in Romania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. The map of the Western front shows railroads, roads, rivers, international boundaries, battle lines, and points of Allied and German activity in France, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany.

An American map titled "The Conquest and Liberation of France." The five maps, accompanied by printed text and a photograph, detail Germany's advance and control over Western Europe and the beginning of the Allied assault across northern and southern France.

An American map titled "Newsmap for the Armed Forces: Monday, September 18, 1944." The map of the Western front shows rivers, international boundaries, and the positions of the Canadian First Army, British Second Army, and the American First, Third, and Seventh Armies. The map of the European theater shows international boundaries and areas under Allied and Axis control. The map of the Italian and Eastern front shows railroads, rivers, international boundaries, and points of Allied activity in Italy, Bulgaria, and Romania.

An American map titled "Newsmap for the Armed Forces: Monday, September 11, 1944." The map of the Western front shows rivers, highways, international boundaries, and points of Allied activity in northeast France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and southeast France. The map of the European theater shows railroads, rivers, international boundaries, areas under Allied and German control, and notes activity in Finland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey. The map of the front in Burma and China shows railroads, rivers, roads, and points of Allied activity.

An American map titled "Newsmap for the Armed Forces: Monday, August 28, 1944." The map of the Western front shows rivers, roads, international boundries, battle lines, and points of Allied activity near Nantes, Caen, and the Seine River. The map of the European theater shows railroads, rivers, international boundaries, the German border as of 1938, areas under Allied and German control, and countries maintaining neutrality. The map of southwest Japan shows railroads, rivers, relief, and other details. Printed text reveals news on multiple fronts.

An American map titled "Newsmap for the Armed Forces: Monday, August 21, 1944." The map of southern France shows roads, rivers, relief, international boundaries, and other details. The inset of the Western front shows international boundaries, rivers, and highlights the area covered on the larger map. The globe map of the Pacific theater shows roads, rivers, international boundaries, the location of the Ledo and Burma roads, and other details. Printed text reveals news on multiple fronts.

The American map of the Philippine Islands shows roads, rivers, relief, and other details. This map is located on the back of M1769.

An American map titled "Newsmap for the Armed Forces: Monday, August 14, 1944." The map of the Western front shows rivers, roads, the battle line at the start of the Allied offensive on July 27, 1944, and the points of Allied advance from Normandy through Brittany. Some of the main Allied drives highlighted follow towards Brest, Lorient, St. Nazaire, Nantes, among other places. The inset of the Western front highlights the area covered on the larger map. The map of the southwest Pacific shows rivers, distances from Manado to Batulaki, Davao to Sansapor, and Sansapor to Watam.

The American map titled "Europe as Viewed from the U.S.S.R" features raised relief, rivers, international boundaries, and the approximate line of furthest Axis advance on the Eastern front. The inset globe map highlights the area covered on the larger map. This map is located on the back of M1767.