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Pocket military map of Europe during World War II, in color. Shows political boundaries, air and naval bases, fortifications, blockades, mining areas and oil fields. Includes a legend and a bar scale. Descriptive text throughout, e.g.: French Colonial Army in French Northern Africa under Command of Lt. Gen. Juin. (Maps of the world, Asia, the North Sea and English Channel on verso.) With inset ...
Printed in U.S.A.; 8249.000; Map printed on newsprint sheet with column on the war, including table, "Population and area of European Countries." Shows territorial changes, naval bases, ports, distance from place to place, Richfield Reporter time in United States and Europe, cities, industries, railroads, etc. Relief shown pictorially.
Rand McNally produced News Maps for Richfield as far back as 1939 and would continue to do so throughout the war, beginning first with News Maps of Europe and shifting to 'World-Wide' news maps as the conflict exploded. OCLC lists examples dated February 1, April 18, June 19, and November 15, 1940.
- Europe (Whole)
Create your own custom historical map of Europe at the start of World War II (1939). Color an editable map, fill in the legend, and download it for free to use in your project.
(Old Maps, Early 20th Century Maps, World War II, Europe, Air Mileage, East Africa, Military Aircraft).Richfield: European News Maps.Published June, 1940, Chicago for Richfield by Rand McNally & Co. Distributed as a gas station promotional during the Second World War.Folding brochure. Text in English. Unfolds to la
Maps and charts were absolutely vital across all types of operations - land, sea and air - during the Second World War. Explore 13 maps from IWM’s extensive map archive, which holds many British operations maps covering all theatres in which British forces fought, as well as captured German military maps.
This map is part of a series of 15 animated maps showing the history of The second World War, 1939-1945. On 1 September 1939, without a prior declaration of war, Hitler sent his troops into Poland. The Polish army, though providing strong resistance to the invading forces, was quickly overrun by Germany’s armoured divisions.
