United States Office of Strategic Services. Fifty-inch military globe
In December 1942 U.S. Army Chief of Staff George Marshall, acting on a suggestion from General Dwight Eisenhower, sent identical fifty-inch, 750-pound globes to Churchill and Roosevelt as Christmas presents. During the war it was especially useful to Roosevelt, Churchill, and others for gauging relative distances over water, a crucial factor in allocating scarce shipping resources while planning grand strategy. This copy was originally placed in the Speaker's Lobby of the House Chamber in the U.S. Capitol Building. |
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Object Details:
Chicago Heights, Illinois: Weber Costello, 1942. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (1)
Related Theme:
World War II
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