War map (Library of Congress Finding Aid)

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	Pre-World War I - World War I
FOLDER 1		John Bull and his Friends: A Serio-Comic Map of Europe, 1900
FOLDER 1			Fred W. Rose G.W. Bacon and Co., London A caricature of tensions and rivalries in Europe at the beginning of the twentieth century.
FOLDER 2		John Bull et Ses Amis: Carte Serio-Comique de L'Europe, 1900
FOLDER 2			Fred W. Rose G.W. Bacon and Co., London French edition
FOLDER 3		The Absent-Minded Beggar, c.1900
FOLDER 3			Daily Mail Publishing, London Cotton map A Boer War map, with inset of music by Arthur Sullivan, designed to raise money and morale in Britain.
FOLDER 4		A Humorous Diplomatic Atlas of Europe and Asia, 1904
FOLDER 4			Kisaburo Ohara Tokyo Japanese and English text A Japanese map published during the Russo-Japanese War that shows a Russian octopus crawling across Europe and Asia.
FOLDER 5		La Peur Du Tunnel, 1907
FOLDER 5			S. Delaw Paris French Britain is illustrated as an old hag with French soldiers being blown up her skirt.
FOLDER 6		Hark! Hark! Hark! The Dogs Do Bark, 1914
FOLDER 6			Johnson, Riddle and Co. G.W. Bacon and Co., London A caricature of European countries at the beginning of World War I.
FOLDER 7		Horch! Horch! Horch! Die Hunde Bellen!, 1914
FOLDER 7			Johnson, Riddle and Co. W. Noelting, Hamburg German translation by E. Zimmermann
FOLDER 8		European Revue: Kill That Eagle, 1914
FOLDER 8			J.H. Amschewitz Geographia Ltd., London A caricature of European countries at the beginning of World War I.
FOLDER 9		The Daily Mail War Map, c.1914
FOLDER 9			London The dispostion of European powers at the beginning of World War I, which includes military information about the Allies and Central Powers.
FOLDER 10		The Ravings of Wilhelm/Wilhelm's Nightmare, 1914
FOLDER 10			Anonymous I.M. Mashistova, Moscow Russian text A Cossack charges across Europe just as Kaiser Wilhelm II awakes from a nightmare.
FOLDER 11		1. Humoristiche Karte von Europa im Jahre 1914
FOLDER 11			Karl Lehmann-Dumont Leutert and Scheidewind, Dresden German Michel, the rough equivalent of Uncle Sam, confidently strikes both France and Russia, while England suffers a serious blow from German U-boats.
FOLDER 12		2. Humoristiche Karte von Europa im Jahre 1914
FOLDER 12			Karl Lehmann-Dumont Leutert and Scheidewind, Dresden A second version with heavy zoomorphic leanings, depicting all countries, save Germany and Austro-Hungary, as animals.
FOLDER 13		Kaart von Europa im Jahre 1870, published 1914
FOLDER 13			Paul Hadol Hamburg German reprint of Paul Hadol's famed 1870s caricature.
FOLDER 14		Il Voudrait l'Univers, 1914
FOLDER 14			G. Vignal Fot-Nox, Paris Monochrome French postcard mocks Kaiser Wilhelm trying to grab hold of a large globe, as the sun above literally frowns upon him.
FOLDER 15		Le Coup de Balai..., 1914
FOLDER 15			R. Boby Barbot and Gallon, Tours Postcard "Sweeping up..." Giant French soldier sweeps away German troops from Paris at the First Battle of the Marne.
FOLDER 16		La France Accueille la Belgique, 1914
FOLDER 16			J.C. Rojoux and Schaufelberger, Geneva Postcard A French soldier shelters the allegory of Belgium from the flames of German aggression.
FOLDER 17		It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary, 1914
FOLDER 17			Anonymous Unknown Cotton map Three women and girl, representing England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, wave to British soldier in France.
FOLDER 18		Dehors le Barbares, 1914
FOLDER 18			E. Occhipint Paris Postcard "Out with the Barbarians!" France as Marianne stands at top a map of Europe, holding flags of France, Belgium, Britain, and Russia, and crushes Kaiser Wilhelm underfoot.
FOLDER 19		L'Appétit de la Pieuvre, 1914
FOLDER 19			Albert Robida Paris "The appetite of the octopus" depicts a hybrid creature composed of an aggressive German eagle with an octopus tentacles grabbing all of the Earth.
FOLDER 20		Gedrangte Fruhjahrsubersicht von Europa im Jahre 1915
FOLDER 20			Arthur Kampf Lucas Graefe, Hamburg German nationalist, and later Nazi supporter, Arthur Kampf's illustration of Germany fending off the Allies in the spring of 1915.
FOLDER 21		Sommerschau ueber Europa 1915
FOLDER 21			Arthur Kampf Lucas Graefe, Hamburg Companion piece to Kampf's illustration of spring 1915. Here the situation is the summer of 1915, and Germany is shown as having crippled France and halted Russia's offensive in the east.
FOLDER 22		Theatre de le Guerre Europeene, 1915
FOLDER 22			Andre Huguenin La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland A Swiss monochrome caricature of World War I that depicts heads of state or national stereotypes as countries.
FOLDER 23		Vous Ne Passerez Pas, S.M. Albert 1er, Roi des Belges, 1915
FOLDER 23			Anonymous Paris Postcard King Albert of Belgium wrapped in the French and Belgian flags blocking the German advance.
FOLDER 24		La Basse Cour de John Bull, 1915
FOLDER 24			Eugen von Baumgarten Munich Postcard Items 24-29 are a set of German propaganda postcards.
FOLDER 25		L'Entente Cordiale, 1915
FOLDER 25			Eugen von Baumgarten Munich Postcard Items 24-29 are a set of German propaganda postcards.
FOLDER 26		Der Beherrscher, 1915
FOLDER 26			Eugen von Baumgarten Munich Postcard Items 24-29 are a set of German propaganda postcards.
FOLDER 27		John Bull, der Freund und Beschutzer der Kleinen, 1915
FOLDER 27			Eugen von Baumgarten Munich Postcard Items 24-29 are a set of German propaganda postcards.
FOLDER 28		Der Italienische Wetterfahne, 1915
FOLDER 28			Eugen von Baumgarten Munich Postcard Items 24-29 are a set of German propaganda postcards.
FOLDER 29		Der Vogelfanger, 1915
FOLDER 29			Eugen von Baumgarten Munich Postcard Items 24-29 are a set of German propaganda postcards.
FOLDER 30		L'Entente Cordiale, 1915
FOLDER 30			Eugen von Baumgarten Munich Postcard England's John Bull, shown as a spider, spins his web across Europe.
FOLDER 31		Zeichnet Kriegs-Anleihe fuer U-Boote Gegen England, 1915
FOLDER 31			Friedrich Wilhelm Kleukens Mainzer Anzieger, Mainz An appeal to the German public to purchase war bonds to support the U-Boat campaign against England.
FOLDER 32		L'Attaque et la Riposte - 24 Aout, 1915
FOLDER 32			E. Ehrmann Lorraine Postcard "Attack and response" is set of six postcards showing the opening phase of World War I in 1914.
FOLDER 33		L'Attaque et la Riposte - 2 Septembre, 1915
FOLDER 33			E. Ehrmann Lorraine Postcard "Attack and response" is set of six postcards showing the opening phase of World War I in 1914.
FOLDER 34		L'Attaque et la Riposte - 8 Septembre, 1915
FOLDER 34			E. Ehrmann Lorraine Postcard "Attack and response" is set of six postcards showing the opening phase of World War I in 1914.
FOLDER 35		L'Attaque et la Riposte - 21 and 26 Septembre, 1915
FOLDER 35			E. Ehrmann Lorraine Postcard "Attack and response" is set of six postcards showing the opening phase of World War I in 1914.
FOLDER 36		L'Attaque et la Riposte - 11 Septembre, 1915
FOLDER 36			E. Ehrmann Lorraine Postcard "Attack and response" is set of six postcards showing the opening phase of World War I in 1914.
FOLDER 37		L'Attaque et la Riposte - 10 Novembre, 1915
FOLDER 37			E. Ehrmann Lorraine Postcard "Attack and response" is set of six postcards showing the opening phase of World War I in 1914.
FOLDER 38		Europaeische Revue: Toete den Adler, 1915
FOLDER 38			J.H. Amschewitz W. Noelting, Hamburg German reprint of "Kill That Eagle" with additional text to present the German perspective.
FOLDER 39		The New Quadruple Alliance and Its Enemies, c.1915
FOLDER 39			Anonymous Unknown Farsi and Arabic German propaganda book in Farsi and Arabic that exhorts colonized populations to overthrow their British and French rulers.
FOLDER 40		F... Tous l'camp! Il fait trop de Vent ici!, c.1915
FOLDER 40			Anonymous Paris Literally working hand in hand, King George V of England and Raymond Poincare, President of France, blow Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and his rowboat back to sea.
FOLDER 41		Subject Nationalities of the German Empire, 1916
FOLDER 41			Edward Stanford Dangerfield Printing Co. Ltd., London A cartographic depdiction of the demographics of the Central Powers based on 1910 census information.
FOLDER 42		Europa im Zweiten Kriegsjahr, 1916
FOLDER 42			Richard Eddelbuettel Knackstedt and Co., Hamburg German commander Paul von Hindenburg stands proud on the Eastern Front amidst caricatures of German foes. In the lower right, an advertisement in German that reads: "Demand German products! German Brandy. German Liqueur. [Get] Hindenburg of the same quality and vintages as supplied to the Officers' messat the main headquarters..."
FOLDER 43		How the World is at War, 1916
FOLDER 43			Overseas Club Sir Joseph Causton and Sons, Ltd., London A patriotic British depiction of the world, weighing the immense territory held by the British Empire and its allies against the much smaller footprint of the Central Powers.
FOLDER 44		La Guerre est l'Industrie Nationale de la Prusse, 1917
FOLDER 44			Maurice Neumon P.J. Gallais et Cle, Paris A French map that illustrates Germany as an octopus spreading its expansionist tentacles across Europe. In the upper right, a set of illustrations three soldiers, tiny to very large, shows the dramatic rise of the German army over two centuries.
FOLDER 45		A Merry Xmas - Allied Offensive, 1918
FOLDER 45			W.F. Briggs 9th Duke's Regiment, 17th Division, London A Tommy, armed with a bayoneted rifle, kicks aside the German opposition during the victorious Allied Hundred Days campaign in the autumn of 1918 and appears ready to march on Berlin.
FOLDER 46		[White Army Propaganda/Russian Civil War], 1918
FOLDER 46			C.A. Unknown Russian text A rare pictorial map that promotes the White Russian cause during the Russian Civil War and shows the Bolsheviks beleaguered on all sides by an international coalition.
FOLDER 47		Freiheit der Meere, 1918
FOLDER 47			Militaerische Stelle des auswaertigen Amtes Dietrich Reimer, Berlin Germany scoffs at the Allied demand for "freedom of the seas" whilst Britain, shown as an octopus, controls the world's sea lanes.
FOLDER 48		Was von der Entente Ubrig Bliebe..., c.1918
FOLDER 48			F. Klimisch Dietrich Reimer, Berlin Germany poses the satirical question: "What would remain of the Entente" if its colonies had the right of self-determination.
	Interwar Period
FOLDER 49		Oil in the Orient, 1931
FOLDER 49			Fortune Magazine, New York A commodities map showing oil fields in the Far East.
FOLDER 50		Historical Map of the American Expeditionary Force, 1932
FOLDER 50			Ezra C. Stiles Herbick and Held Printing Co., Pittsburgh A pictorial map that pays tribute to the American Expeditionary Force and includes several insets discussing key battles and developments in World War I.
FOLDER 51		Colour Relief Map of Abyssinia, c.1935
FOLDER 51			S.J. Turner Daily Herald, London Bird's-eye view of North Africa that focuses on Abyssinia during the Italian invasion.
FOLDER 52		The Great Invasion of 19?? - A Jingo's View, Based on some Potent Realities, 1935
FOLDER 52			LeRoy H. Appleton Fortune Magazine, New York Xenophobia in a map -- Appleton, a regular mapmaker for Fortune, depicts an array of threats to America in all directions and explanations how the "most possible dangerous international...coalition of Great Britain and Japan" might carry out such attacks.
FOLDER 53		[New Grand Map of Europe], 1936
FOLDER 53			Editorial Office of the King Dai-Nippon Yubenkai Kodansha Japanese text Japanese assessment of the military strength of the Western Powers, and Germany, prior to Hitler's prodigious remilitarization, is the weakest.
FOLDER 54		If We Enter a World War -- and Lose!, 1937
FOLDER 54			Howard Burke Los Angeles Examiner, Los Angeles The map imagines the defeat of the United States, showing its coasts and Great Lakes region conquered by foes and New York City bombed into a "No Man's Land."
FOLDER 55		We Need Another Canal to Aid Defense, 1938
FOLDER 55			Howard Burke Los Angeles A strategic proposal that shows the need for a canal in Nicaragua.
FOLDER 56		Holy Land in Turmoil from Terrorism, 1938
FOLDER 56			Anonymous Los Angeles With the world on the cusp of World War II, the map suggests a partition of Palestine between Jews and Arabs.
FOLDER 57		Oil: Life Blood of Nations, 1938
FOLDER 57			Edwin Sundberg New York A Sunday News map highlights the importance of oil in the coming war.
FOLDER 58		Armed Truce in the Far East, 1938
FOLDER 58			Edwin Sundberg New York A map that shows border tensions and hostilities between Russia and Japan during the Sino-Japanese War.
FOLDER 59		U.S.N. Ships-Bases-Men, 1938
FOLDER 59			Richard Edes Harrison Fortune Magazine, New York A pictorial map of the Pacific that details naval bases and ship build-up amidst America's increasing tensions with Japan.
	World War II
FOLDER 60		1939 A.D. Pictorial History and World Map, 1939
FOLDER 60			The United Press and Columbia Broadcasting System Lip and Ba, New York The lead up to World War II from an American perspective.
FOLDER 61		Russia and Boundaries, c.1939
FOLDER 61			Wilhelm Freyhan Dayag Press,Tel Aviv A map that shows Germany and Russia's non-aggression pact and their partition of Poland.
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