A52 Title: Ouistreham, Pegasus Bridge 1944Ĭall Number: MAP G5833.N7S7 1944.

P6 1992 Title: St Aubin Sword & Juno beaches 1944īy Alan Godfrey Maps. M4 Title: Voie de la liberté = Road to libertyĬall Number: MAP G5831.S7 1947. Title: Bataille de Normandie juin-août 1944Ĭall Number: MAP G5831.S7 1944. military and war production facilities, and production lasted from 1942 to the end of the war.Ĭome to the Map Collection and look for this sign: published a collection of posters and news maps that provided information on the status of the war and on the enemy. The United States officially entered the Pacific War after the attack on Pearl Harbor. In the Pacific theatre, Japan implemented strategic bombing as well, mostly targeting civilian populations. In our collection, we have a map of Berlin showing the effects of air raids, marking buildings that remained intact and those that were damaged in the bombings. Air warfare was a core element of the war, utilizing strategic bombing to disrupt industry and politics instead of aiming only for military targets. Depicted are the movements of armies from Allied countries across western Europe, aiming for liberation of occupied territories and victory over the Axis powers. On the Western Front, we have many maps of France, which was defeated by Nazi Germany in 1940 and resulted in the occupation of northern France. In the Pacific, the Allies fought the Empire of Japan.įor this feature, we’ve selected various maps in the European theatre. In Europe, the Allies fought the Axis on the ground on two fronts, as well as an air war above the Mediterranean and Middle East. Besides these fatalities and casualties, the war destroyed infrastructure, included genocide and massacres, caused starvation and disease, and introduced nuclear weapons to warfare. World War II is the deadliest conflict in human history, with tens of millions of deaths, most of whom were civilians in the Soviet Union and China.

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