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Map of the Pacific Theater

An American map titled "Newsmap for the Armed Forces: Monday, May 1, 1944." The map of the Pacific theater shows railroads, rivers, international boundaries, and other details. The locations circled, including Burma, India, Sumatra, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, the Marianas Islands, the Truk Islands, and the Marshall Islands, indicate areas of action. Printed text and photographs reveal news on multiple fronts.

Map of the Eastern and Italian Front

An American map titled "Newsmap for the Armed Forces: Monday, April 24, 1944." The map of the Eastern and Italian front shows railroads, rivers, international boundaries, areas under Allied control, battle lines, and points of Allied activity. The areas circled signify an Allied air attack on German rail centers, communication centers, aircraft plants, and airfield installations. The map of Crimea shows railroads, roads, battle lines, and points of Soviet advance. Printed text and photographs reveal news on multiple fronts.

Map of Burma

An American map titled "Newsmap for the Armed Forces: Monday, April 17, 1944." The map of Burma shows railroads, roads, rivers, international boundaries, relief, the Burma Road, and other details. The map of New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville, and adjacent islands shows rivers, relief, international boundaries, and other details. Printed text and photographs reveal news on multiple fronts. Printed text and drawings on the back describe the home front effort to finance and supply the war.

Map of Western Europe

An American map titled "Newsmap for the Armed Forces: Monday, April 10, 1944." The map of western Europe identifies Nazi airfields hit and industrial areas bombed by Allied air forces. The map of the Pacific theater shows the distance from Tokyo to Truk and Truk to the St. Matthias Group, Rabaul, New Britain, and Kwajalein, Marshall Islands. The map of the Eastern front shows railroads, rivers, international boundaries, Axis-Soviet boundaries in 1941, and points of Soviet activity. Printed text and photographs reveal news on multiple fronts.

Map of the Eastern Front

An American map titled "Newsmap for the Armed Forces: Monday, April 3, 1944." The map of the Eastern front shows international boundaries, railroads, rivers, the Axis-Soviet boundary as of June 22, 1941, the line of farthest Axis advance in 1941-1942, and the present battle line. The map of the southwest Pacific, near the Admiralty Islands, the St. Matthias Group, New Britain, and New Ireland, shows principal trails, secondary trails, and tramways. Printed text and photographs reveal news on multiple fronts.

Map of the Italian Front

An American map titled "Newsmap for the Armed Forces: Monday, March 27, 1944." The larger map, focusing on the Cassino area of the Italian front, shows railroads, rivers, relief, and the present battle area. The inset of the Cassino area highlights roads, rivers, railroads, buildings, drainage canals, relief, and areas under Allied and German control. The map of the Burma front shows roads, trails, railroads, and points of Allied and Japanese activity. The map of the Central Pacific shows areas under American and Japanese control and the distances between these areas.

Map of the Eastern Front

An American map titled "Newsmap for the Armed Forces: Monday, March 20, 1944." The map of the southern portion of the Eastern front shows railroads, rivers, battle areas, boundaries as of 1939 and 1941, and points of Soviet activity. Printed text and photographs reveal news on multiple fronts.