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Newsmap Span Dates: 1942-1946
90 x 120 cm
The series consists of 212 maps. Following a map’s title and date, the map title on recto and supplemental information on verso are listed.
The collection is arranged chronologically within a single series.
FOLDER 1a Monday, April 27, 1942. Week of April 17 to April 24. Volume 1, No. 1
[American Bombing Raids on Japan, with an Inset of Honshu Island] / [RAF Bombing Raid on Lubeck]
FOLDER 1 Monday, May 4, 1942. Week of April 24 to May 1. Volume 1, No. 2.
[Operations along the Burma Road]
FOLDER 2 Monday, May 11, 1942. Week of May 1 to May 8. Volume 1, No. 3.
Corregidor / Madagascar
FOLDER 3 Monday, May 18, 1942. Week of May 8 to May 15. Volume 1, No. 4.
[Coral Sea] / [Southern Russia and Southwest Asia]
FOLDER 4 Monday, May 25, 1942. Week of May 15 to May 22. Volume 1, No. 5.
Burma Road: Japanese Drives / [Line of Russian front overlaid on map of North America]
Know Your Enemies: the Nazi Army (with photographs and details of equipment)
FOLDER 5 Monday, June 1, 1942. Week of May 22 to May 29. Volume 1, No. 6.
[China and Burma Road] / [Nazi Drive on Kharkov]
Jap Ground Forces (with photographs and details of equipment)
FOLDER 6 Monday, June 8, 1942. Week of May 29 to June 5. Volume 1, No. 7.
[Siege of Tobruk] / Dutch Harbor Unalaska
Enemy Tanks are Vulnerable
FOLDER 7 Monday, June 15, 1942. Week of June 5 to June 12. Volume 1, No. 8.
The Russian Front / Midway Islands / The Battle of Libya
A Gruppe is the Basic Unit of the German Infantry (with illustrations of Gruppe organization, insignia, and weapons)
FOLDER 8 Monday, June 22, 1942. Week of June 12 to June 19. Volume 1, No. 9.
Strategic Distances in the North Pacific / Attu Island / The Rat Island Group / Jap Drives [in China]
Russia Has Held the Nazis Since June 22, 1941: these are some of the weapons which checked Hitler's Armies
FOLDER 9 Monday, June 29, 1942. Week of June 19 to June 26. Volume 1, No. 10.
Theater of Operations in the Aleutians / The Siege of Sevastopol
Our Fighting Ships (with illustrations and descriptions of principal combat ships)
FOLDER 10 Monday, July 6, 1942. Week of June 26 to July 2. Volume 1, No. 11.
Rommel Drives East for Suez / [The Russian Front]
British Weapons
FOLDER 11 Monday, July 13, 1942. Week of July 3 to July 10. Volume 1, No. 12.
The Sixth Year of War in the China Provinces / The Russian Central Front / Battleground of the Middle East
FOLDER 12 Monday, July 20, 1942. Week of July 10 to July 17. Volume 1, No. 13.
Battleground in North Africa / The Russian Front
WEFT is a System for Aircraft Recognition (with numerous illustrations of aircraft and aircraft sections)
FOLDER 13 Monday, July 27, 1942. Week of July 17 to July 24. Volume 1, No. 14.
The China Front / The Russian Front
Tanks of the British Army
FOLDER 14 Monday, August 3, 1942. Week of July 24 to July 31. Volume 1, No. 15.
Action in New Guinea / Drive to the Caucasus / Vital Distances in Europe, Africa and Western Asia
FOLDER 15 Monday, August 10, 1942. Week of July 31 to August 7. Volume 1, No. 16.
China / Russian Front
This is Aid to Russia
FOLDER 16 Monday, August 17, 1942. Week of August 7 to August 14. Volume 1, No. 17.
[Solomon Islands Campaign] / The Russian Front
British Battle Dress
FOLDER 17 Monday, August 24, 1942. Week of August 14 to August 21. Volume 1, No. 18.
Main Area of Operations in the Solomons / The European Theater / [Southern Russia and Southwest Asia]
China's Cadets
FOLDER 18 Monday, August 31, 1942. Week of August 21 to August 28. Volume 1, No. 19.
Battle for the Hangchow-Nanchang Railway / Southern Russia
FOLDER 19 Monday, September 7, 1942. Week of August 8 to September 4. Volume 1, No. 20.
Battle Areas in the Southwest Pacific / The Mediterranean Arena
Russian Armored Vehicles (with illustrations and text)
FOLDER 20 Monday, September 14, 1942. Week of September 4 to September 11. Volume 1, No. 21.
The Push on Port Moresby / The Russian Front from Leningrad to the Caucasus
Maps are not True for all Purposes. These are three of many projections. These are distortions; true distances
FOLDER 21 Monday, September 21, 1942. Week of September 11 to September 18. Volume 1, No. 22.
[British drives on Madagascar and beyond] / The Russian Front: Southern Sectors
Somewhere in Alaska
FOLDER 22 Monday, September 28, 1942. Week of September 18 to September 25. Volume 1, No. 23.
The Drive on Port Moresby / East China / South Russia
Jungle Warfare
FOLDER 23 Monday, October 5, 1942. Week of September 25 to October 2. Volume 1, No. 24.
South Russia / New Guinea / Target in Europe [Industrial Areas in the Ruhr Valley]
Training. Action! Landing Operations: Solomons, Europe
FOLDER 24 Monday, October 12, 1942. Week of October 2 to October 9. Volume 1, No. 25.
[Operations in the Aleutians] / Southwest Pacific
Convoy
FOLDER 25 Monday, October 19, 1942. Week of October 9 to October 16. Volume 1, No. 26.
[Guadalcanal and Adjacent islands] / The Russian Front
Airborne Command
FOLDER 26 Monday, October 26, 1942. Week of October 16 to October 23. Volume 1, No. 27.
Souhtwest Pacific / Stalingrad
Foxholes are Life Savers
FOLDER 27 Monday, November 2, 1942. Week of October 23 to October 30. Volume 1, No. 28.
North Africa / The Caucasus
There is no All-Purpose Plane
FOLDER 28 Monday, November 9, 1942. Week of October 30 to November 6. Volume 1, No. 29.
North Africa / Southwest Pacific
Desert Destroyers. Uncle Sam's Desert Training Corps. Desert Rats: New Style
FOLDER 29 Monday, November 16, 1942. Week of November 7 to November 13. Volume 1, No. 30
Invasion of Africa
Why We Fight!
FOLDER 30 Monday, November 23, 1942. Week of November 14 to November 20. Volume 1, No. 31.
The Advance on Buna / North Africa
Life Saver # 2: Winning Friends - Helping People
FOLDER 31 Monday, November 30, 1942. Week of November 20 to November 27. Volume 1, No. 32.
Offensive in New Guinea / [Tunis and Environs] / North Africa / South Russia
Aircraft Insignia (with illustrations of Allied and enemy aircraft and insignia)
FOLDER 32 Monday, December 7, 1942. Week of November 27 to December 4. Volume 1, No 33.
Northeast New Guinea / [Allied drives in North Africa] / Russian Front
The Battleground of North Africa (with maps)
FOLDER 33 Monday, December 14, 1942. Week of December 4 to December 11. Volume 1, No. 34.
S.W. Pacific Key Points / Dakar / Northeast Tunisia / Tripoli and Environs / Russian Front
Antiaircraft Artillery Keeps 'Em Falling
FOLDER 34 Monday, December 21, 1942. Week of December 11 to December 18. Volume 1, No. 35.
New Guinea / [Cyrenaica and Gulf of Sirte] / [Northern Russian Front]
1942: A Milestone in the Development of Infantry (with photographs and map of Stalingrad and Caucasus operations area)
FOLDER 35 Monday, December 28, 1942. Week of December 18 to December 25. Volume 1, No. 36.
Gona-Buna District / [Burma] / [North Africa]
For Yanks Dreaming of a White Christmas (re: para-ski troops)
FOLDER 36 Monday, January 4, 1943. Week of December 25 to January 1. Volume 1, No. 37.
[Solomon Islands] / [Red Army Drives in Southern Russia]
The Nerve System of the Army (re: U.S. Army Signal Corps)
FOLDER 37 Monday, January 11, 1943. Week of January 1 to January 8. Volume 1, No. 38.
[North Africa] / [Russian Front]
Learn to Recognize these Vehicles: Heavy Tanks and Self-Propelled Artillery
FOLDER 38 Monday, January 18, 1943. Week of January 8 to January 15. Volume 1, No. 39.
[North Africa] / [Solomon Islands] / [Red Army Drives in Southern Russia]
Learn to Recognize these Vehicles: Medium Tanks and Self-Propelled Artillery
FOLDER 39 Monday, January 25, 1943. Week of January 15 to January 22. Volume 1, No. 40.
Fighting French Move North from Lake Chad / [Red Army Drives in Southern Russia]
Italian Navy Uniforms and Insignia (with illustrations)
FOLDER 40 Monday, February 1, 1943. Week of January 22 to January 29. Volume 1, No. 41.
[North African Littoral] / [Border Area Between Finland and Russia] / [Four Maps Showig Lines of Russian-German Resistance]
Soviet Infantry (with illustrations of weapons and insignia)
FOLDER 41 Monday, February 8, 1943. Week of January 29 to February 5. Volume 1, No. 42.
[Rostov and Environs] / [Tunisia]
The World at War (world map showing alliances)
FOLDER 42 Monday, February 15, 1943. Week of February 5 to February 12. Volume 1, No. 43.
Guadalcanal / [Russian Front]
German Army Uniforms and Insignia (with illustrations)
FOLDER 43 Monday, February 22, 1943. Week of Feburary 12 to February 19. Volume 1, No. 44.
[Russian Front] / [Nazi Drives in Tunisia]
Learn to Recognize these Vehicles: Light Tanks and Self-Propelled Weapons
FOLDER 44 Monday, March 1, 1943. Week of February 19 to February 26. Volume 1, No. 45.
[Operations Near the Kasserine Pass, Tunisia]
Learn to Recognize these Vehicles: Heavy, Medium, and Light Armored Cars
FOLDER 45 Monday, March 8, 1943. Week of February 26 to March 5. Volume 1, No. 46.
[Operations in Tunisia] / [Northern Russian Front]
German Navy Uniforms and Insignia (with illustrations)
FOLDER 46 Monday, March 15, 1943. Week of March 5 to March 12. Volume 1, No. 47.
[Russian Front] / [Operations in Tunisia]
Learn to Recognize these Vehicles: Half-track Vehicles
FOLDER 47 Monday, March 22, 1943. Week of March 12 to March 19. Volume 1, No. 48.
[Mareth Line, Tunisia] / [Southern Russian Front]
Military Courtesy (with illustrations of uniforms and insignia for American, Soviet, French, Polish, Chinese, and British officers.
FOLDER 48 Monday, March 29, 1943. Week of March 19 to March 26. Volume 1, No. 49.
[Operations in Tunisia] / [Operations Along the Russian Front]
Gas (with illustrations and text for identifying toxic gases)
FOLDER 49 Monday, April 5, 1943. Week of March 26 to April 2. Volume 1, No. 50.
Tunisia
British Aircraft
FOLDER 50 Monday, April 12, 1943. Week of April 2 to April 9. Volume 1, No. 51.
[Present Battle Line Along the Russian Front] / [Tunisia and Sicily]
The Marine Corps: A Unified Fighting Force
FOLDER 51 Monday, April 19, 1943. Week of April 9 to April 16. Volume 1, No. 52.
[Alllied Drives in Tunisia] / [Southwest Pacific]
Tunisia (with legend) / [Inset of Central Mediterranean]
FOLDER 52 Monday, April 26, 1943. Week of April 16 to April 23. Volume 2, No. 1.
[Italy] / [Axis-held Area in Tunisia] / [Nazi-held Area in the Kuban]
Dig! . . Or Die! Fox Holes
FOLDER 53 Monday, May 3, 1943. Week of April 23 to April 30. Volume 2, No. 2.
Battle of Tunisia
Don't. "Don't help the enemy by making military information easy to get. . . ."
FOLDER 54 Monday, May 10, 1943. Week of April 30 to May 7. Volume 2, No. 3.
[Tunisia]
You May Be Eligible for the Army Specialized Training Program
FOLDER 55 Monday, May 17, 1943. Week of May 7 to May 14. Volume 2, No. 4.
Shrinking Battle Lines in Tunisia / [Nazi-held Territory in the Crimea and the Kuban\
So He Can Fight! (re: Women's Army Auxiliary Corps)
FOLDER 56 Monday, May 24, 1943. Week of May 13 to May 20. Volume 2, No. 5.
[Tunisia and Sicily] / [Aleutian Islands and Attu Island]
The Not-So-Soft Underside (map of the northern shores of the Mediterranean by Richard E. Harrison)
FOLDER 57 Monday, May 31, 1943. Week of May 20 to May 27. Volume 2, No. 6.
[Map Depicting Bombing Ranges over Europe] / [Bird's-eye View of Operations on Attu Island] / Advance on Attu / Attu Island: Northeast Coast
You Can Crack That Tank!
FOLDER 58 Monday, June 7, 1943. Week of May 27 to June 3. Volume 2, No. 7.
[China]
"Secret" Weapons are the little drops of information that you could give away! (re: careless disclosure of secret information)
FOLDER 59 Monday, June 14, 1943. Week of June 3 to June 10. Volume 2, No. 8.
The Eastern Front
The Making of a U.S. Bluejacket
FOLDER 60 Monday, June 21, 1943. Week of June 11 to June 17. Volume 2, No. 9.
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