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Pre-World War I - World War I (continued) | |||||||||||||
A Merry Xmas - Allied Offensive, 1918 (continued) | |||||||||||||
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. |
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FOLDER 46 | [White Army Propaganda/Russian Civil War], 1918 | ||||||||||||
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. |
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FOLDER 47 | Freiheit der Meere, 1918 | ||||||||||||
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. |
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FOLDER 48 | Was von der Entente Ubrig Bliebe..., c.1918 | ||||||||||||
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. |
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Interwar Period | |||||||||||||
FOLDER 49 | Oil in the Orient, 1931 | ||||||||||||
Fortune Magazine, New York A commodities map showing oil fields in the Far East. |
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FOLDER 50 | Historical Map of the American Expeditionary Force, 1932 | ||||||||||||
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. |
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FOLDER 51 | Colour Relief Map of Abyssinia, c.1935 | ||||||||||||
S.J. Turner Daily Herald, London Bird's-eye view of North Africa that focuses on Abyssinia during the Italian invasion. |
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FOLDER 52 | The Great Invasion of 19?? - A Jingo's View, Based on some Potent Realities, 1935 | ||||||||||||
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. |
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FOLDER 53 | [New Grand Map of Europe], 1936 | ||||||||||||
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. |
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FOLDER 54 | If We Enter a World War -- and Lose!, 1937 | ||||||||||||
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." |
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FOLDER 55 | We Need Another Canal to Aid Defense, 1938 | ||||||||||||
Howard Burke Los Angeles A strategic proposal that shows the need for a canal in Nicaragua. |
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FOLDER 56 | Holy Land in Turmoil from Terrorism, 1938 | ||||||||||||
Anonymous Los Angeles With the world on the cusp of World War II, the map suggests a partition of Palestine between Jews and Arabs. |
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FOLDER 57 | Oil: Life Blood of Nations, 1938 | ||||||||||||
Edwin Sundberg New York A Sunday News map highlights the importance of oil in the coming war. |
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FOLDER 58 | Armed Truce in the Far East, 1938 | ||||||||||||
Edwin Sundberg New York A map that shows border tensions and hostilities between Russia and Japan during the Sino-Japanese War. |
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FOLDER 59 | U.S.N. Ships-Bases-Men, 1938 | ||||||||||||
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. |
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World War II | |||||||||||||
FOLDER 60 | 1939 A.D. Pictorial History and World Map, 1939 | ||||||||||||
The United Press and Columbia Broadcasting System Lip and Ba, New York The lead up to World War II from an American perspective. |
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FOLDER 61 | Russia and Boundaries, c.1939 | ||||||||||||
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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FOLDER 62 | Zog It Off, 1939 | ||||||||||||
Frederick Garnett London Postcard John Bull tries to wipe Germany off the map shortly after the Invasion of Poland, but before the fall of France, and extending a third arm over Albania, where that country's King Zog had been driven out by the Italians in April 1939. |
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FOLDER 63 | The Combat, 1939 | ||||||||||||
Punch Magazine Illingworth A sinister, giant storm trooper menaces a British town. |
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FOLDER 64 | Flying Visit of Truth to Berlin, 1939 | ||||||||||||
Rex Whistler London The RAF, as angels and Athena, bomb Germany with leaflets of truth, as an impotent Nazi leadership -- Hitler, Goering, and Goebbels -- shake their fists in rage and the detested Nazi foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop cowers under his champagne table. |
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FOLDER 65 | Nazi War Aims- Grab! Grab!! Grab!!!, c.1939 | ||||||||||||
Anonymous London Allies decry German territorial ambitions. |
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FOLDER 66 | [A Convoy in Wartime -- Merchant Men Escorted by Warships], 1940 | ||||||||||||
Elias Silas London Convoys sail across the British Empire during World War II. |
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FOLDER 67 | Struggle for Oil in the Balkans, Near East May Bring War Showdown, 1940 | ||||||||||||
Howard Burke Los Angeles Germany and Russia join to topple England and France. |
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FOLDER 68 | [Siegfried/Maginot Lines], 1940 | ||||||||||||
Anonymous Cloth map A reassurance to the men of the BEF and their families that the French Maginot Line could repulse any Germany assault. |
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FOLDER 69 | Italy Hopes War Will Bring New Roman Empire, 1940 | ||||||||||||
Howard Burke Los Angeles Examiner, Los Angeles William Randolph Hearst, a purported supporter of Hitler and Mussolini, presents a neutral view of Italy's war aims and asks whether Italy will fight along with the Allies or Germany. |
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FOLDER 70 | Sinclair News Maps of Europe and the Near East, 1940 | ||||||||||||
Rand McNally Chicago Neutral America views the strategic situation in Europe. |
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FOLDER 71 | [Asia], c.1940 | ||||||||||||
Anonymous Tokyo Militaries of combatants hold positions in Asia, and around them lie commodities and supply routes. |
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FOLDER 72 | Invasion: Threat of Bugaboo?, 1940 | ||||||||||||
Art Bimrose Oregon The Axis threatens North America by many avenues of invasion. |
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FOLDER 73 | How Nazi Bombers May Blast Britain's Hope, 1940 | ||||||||||||
Floercky Los Angeles Britain is vulnerable to Luftwaffe bombs. |
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FOLDER 74 | A l'Est: l'Urss Indomptable, Serre les Kamerads, 1941 | ||||||||||||
Anonymous Paris Postcard A satirical map that shows the German and Russian struggle on the Eastern Front. |
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FOLDER 75 | Une a Une, On Lui Brisera les Pattes, 1941 | ||||||||||||
Kimonevan Marengo Paris British propaganda directed peoples once under the control of French colonial authority. |
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FOLDER 76 | Alaska, Our Northern Rampart, 1941 | ||||||||||||
Howard Burke Los Angeles Alaskan defenses set to prevent Japanese invasion. |
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FOLDER 77 | Safeguarding our American Liberty, 1941 | ||||||||||||
Lambert Guenther C.S. Hammond and Co., New York The American military, through its ships and planes, extend America's influence across the globe. |
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FOLDER 78 | North American Towns and Cities now Shadowed by Axis Bombers, 1941 | ||||||||||||
Harris Parlane New York The U.S. mobilizes its military and economy for war. |
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FOLDER 79 | WGAN: 1941 International Radio News Map, 1941 | ||||||||||||
Rand McNally Chicago The world divides into alliances and neutral zones shortly before the U.S. entry into the war. |
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FOLDER 80 | Confiance - Ses Amputations se Poursuivent Methodiquement, 1941 | ||||||||||||
S.P.K. Paris German propaganda, targeted at the occupied French population, maligns the British efforts in Africa that have adversely impacted French colonial holdings. Churchill is depicted as a cigar-smoking octopus. |
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FOLDER 81 | Star Weekly Map of India, 1941 | ||||||||||||
Harris Parlane Toronto India's demand for independence grows. |
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FOLDER 82 | Star Weekly Map of the Russian Caucus, 1941 | ||||||||||||
Star Weekly Toronto The Caucus is rich with oil wells and commodities. |
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FOLDER 83 | Defense Map of America, 1941 | ||||||||||||
Greyhound Corp. Minneapolis Greyhound buses connect America with its army and navy bases. |
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FOLDER 84 | Socony's World: The Strategy of Oil, 1941 | ||||||||||||
Anonymous New York Socony Oil refineries (later Mobil) operate under "quisling observation" in Germany and Japan prior to the U.S. entry into the war. |
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FOLDER 85 | The World Divided, 1941 | ||||||||||||
Richard Edes Harrison Fortune Magazine, New York The world divides into Axis or Allies, while America remains militarily uncommitted. |
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FOLDER 86 | Where Nazis and Reds Clash, 1941 | ||||||||||||
Howard Burke Los Angeles Germany succeeds dramatically on the Russian Front in the first month of its invasion, which they called Operation Barbarossa. |
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FOLDER 87 | America Extends Atlantic Patrol, 1941 | ||||||||||||
Howard Burke Los Angeles American ships venture further into the Atlantic Ocean only to be threatened by Russia and Germany. |
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FOLDER 88 | De Dollarpoliep, 1942 | ||||||||||||
Louise Emile Manche Afd. Propaganda van het Departement van Volksvoorlichting en Kunsten, Tijdsduur, Holland Dutch fascists paint the United States as an octopus branded with a dollar sign to represent its financial and political power. Tentacles are marked with years the U.S. acquired territories, such as Alaska, Hawaii, and the Philippines. |
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FOLDER 89 | Suez Canal, 1942 | ||||||||||||
R.I. The Suez Canal strategically links the flow of men and material between Allies in Europe and Asia. |
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FOLDER 90 | The War Map of Great East Asia, 1942 | ||||||||||||
Anonymous Japan Japan proclaims that its war aims are to make Asia for Asians -- "Asia for the Asiatic!" |
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FOLDER 91 | [Africa], 1942 | ||||||||||||
Jean Fort Bedos and Cle., Paris Roosevelt and Churchill engage in a tug-of-war over Africa. |
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FOLDER 92 | [Japanese Map of the Pacific Theater War], c.1942 | ||||||||||||
Anonymous The Japanese highlight their victories in the Pacific, including at Pearl Harbor. |
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FOLDER 93 | Total War Map, 1942 | ||||||||||||
Ernest Dudley Chase Winchester, Massachusetts War reaches every inhabited continent, as Allied navies and planes patrol across the globe -- "Certain Victory Will be Ours!" |
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FOLDER 94 | The Victory War Map, 1942 | ||||||||||||
Ernest Dudley Chase Winchester, Massachusetts Allied naval bases protect its interests around the globe and military insignias border the map. |
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FOLDER 95 | The Atlantic and Indian Ocean War Map , 1942 | ||||||||||||
Ernest Dudley Chase Winchester, Massachusetts Allied and Axis powers extend their military reach by way of naval bases spread across the Atlantic and Indian oceans. |
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FOLDER 96 | The Chinese Front, 1942 | ||||||||||||
R.I. Toronto The position of naval and air bases in China and Manchuria during the Sino-Japanese War. |
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FOLDER 97 | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1942 | ||||||||||||
Star Weekly Toronto The map analyzes Russia's military and economic strength against that of Germany. |
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FOLDER 98 | North American Towns and Cities now Shadowed by Axis Bombers, 1942 | ||||||||||||
Harris Parlane Star Weekly, Toronto Alarmist concern raised over North America's vulnerability to Axis bombers, following reports that foreign agents had entered Maine by way of Canada. |
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FOLDER 99 | Map of Central Europe, 1942 | ||||||||||||
Star Weekly Toronto The locations of major population centers, military bases, and commodities are mapped in Central Europe, as they relate to the fighting in Russia. |
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FOLDER 100 | The Arctic Front, 1942 | ||||||||||||
R.I. Star Weekly, Toronto Polar projection highlights the proximity of European and Asia zones of combat to North America. |
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FOLDER 101 | Globe and Mail Dated Events War Map of the Pacific and the Far East, 1942 | ||||||||||||
Stanley Turner C.C. Peterson, Toronto How military situation in the Pacific looked after Pearl Harbor. |
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FOLDER 102 | Dated Events War Map - 14th Edition, 1944 | ||||||||||||
Stanley Turner Baltimore The world's military events mapped in striking primary colors. |
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FOLDER 103 | Dated Events War Map - 19th Edition, 1944 | ||||||||||||
Stanley Turner London |
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FOLDER 104 | Dated Events War Map - 20th Edition, 1944 | ||||||||||||
Stanley Turner Geneva |
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FOLDER 105 | Dated Events War Map - 26th Edition, 1945 | ||||||||||||
Stanley Turner Baltimore |
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FOLDER 106 | Dated Events War Map - 27th Edition, 1945 | ||||||||||||
Stanley Turner Baltimore |
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