World War, 1939-1945

An American map titled "Newsmap for the Armed Forces: Monday, December 4, 1944." The map of the Western front shows roads, rivers, international boundaries, and points of Allied activity. The map of Japan shows railroads, roads, rivers, and other details. Printed text on this map reads: "Saipan-based superfortresses strike Tokyo twice within four days." The inset of Tokyo shows railroads, roads, rivers, city limits, city districts, and areas of strategic importance. The inset of the southwest Pacific shows the distance from Saipan in the Marianas Islands to Tokyo.

An American map titled "Newsmap for the Armed Forces: Monday, November 20, 1944." The map of the Pacific theater shows railroads, rivers, relief, international boundaries, and the Burma Road. The map also highlights activity at Leyte Island in the Philippines, an Allied strike near Bhamo, Burma, the evacuation and destruction of Liuchow Air Base by the Fourteenth USAAF, and B-29 strikes on Kyushu, Japan, Nanking, China, and Shanghai, China. The map of Leyte Island shows roads, rivers, and points of American and Japanese activity.

An American map titled "Newsmap for the Armed Forces: Monday, November 13, 1944." The map of the Eastern front shows railroads, rivers, international boundaries, battle lines, and areas under Soviet and German control. The map of the area near Cologne, Germany shows railroads, roads, rivers, international boundaries, and other details. The map of the Western front, focusing on the Netherlands, shows railroads, roads, rivers, international boundaries, battle lines, and areas under Allied and German control.

An American map titled "Newsmap for the Armed Forces: Monday, October 30, 1944." The map of the Pacific theater shows railroads, roads, rivers, the Burma Road, international boundaries, and highlights the American offensive on Leyte Island in the Philippines. The map focusing on Luzon Island in the Philippines shows railroads, roads, rivers, boundaries, and other details. The map focusing on Leyte Island in the Philippines shows rivers, roads, and other details.

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.