Description
Newsmap SouthWest Pacific Vol.2 - No.12 published 22nd September 1944. It features the headline 'Halmaheras and Palau Invaded' with a map on the verso showing Europe as viewed from Russia.
Newsmaps were double sided posters published from 1942 by the U.S. Army's Information and Education Section. The posters were aimed at troops and detailed progress of the war, information on enemy and Allied equipment and tactics across the different theatres of the conflict. The Newsmaps followed a familiar format and by 1943 featured newspaper style layout on one side and full size maps or illustrated information on the other.
Details
Accession Number
ARTV02664
Publisher
Information and Education Section USAFFE
Printer
U.S. Government Printing Office
Measurement
Sheet: 46 x 61 cm
Medium
offset lithograph on paper
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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