WWII NEWSMAP JAPANESE INFANTRY WEAPONS VOL III NO. 34F DEC 11, 1944 POSTER

Description

Original NEWSMAP published by the U.S.G.P.O for distribution to Army and Navy forces."
Newsmap (posters) were dated on Mondays. The front of each poster depicts the progress of fighting on the war fronts,
covering events worldwide from prior week
The reverse side is typically a poster on a war-related topic.
"
The NEWSMAP is two sided, has 16 panels and is folded to about 12" x 8.75".
The print on the NEWSMAP is very clear! It was hard to get good pictures as the NEWSMAP is so big and the pages are very fragile.
NEWSMAP
SIDE 1:
VOL III 34B
- JAP Infantry Weapons.
Groups of weapons displayed are labeled as:
AA-AT INFANTRY GUNS
,
MACHINE GUNS
,
RIFLES
,
PISTOLS
and
MORTARS
. There is also an illustration of a Model 41 Mountain Infantry Gun being operated by a gun crew.
SIDE 2:
VOL III-34F
-
This side has 5 different maps all labeled for the current operations or news at the time. They are:
SOVIET DRIVE
,
Cologne Plain
,
WINTER OFFENSIVE
,
JAPANESE THREAT
and the last one shows a map of
Leyte
and the
Philippines
.
On the right is a column of information talking about the various fronts and the header for the column is labeled
THE WAR FRONTS
and there is a paragraph for the different fronts, all of which are labeled.
The War Fronts addressed are:
-
Allied Pressure Increases
-Cologne Approaches Attacked
-Saar Valley Threatened
-Red Army Strikes
-Ravenna Falls
-Pacific Theatre Active
-Kweiyang Evacuated
-
Japs Retreat in Burma
DATE:
December 11, 1944
DIMENSIONS:
35" x 47"
INK/PENCIL WRITING ON NEWSMAP: "
Reclass"
CONDITION:
The NEWSMAP is very fragile. The pages are tanned from age and may have small tears along the edges. Please view the images for condition
and ignore the glare and reflections.
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