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Map Southwest Pacific / Training Aids.

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Title

  • Southwest Pacific / Training Aids.

Names

  • United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel. Training Aids, cartographer.
  • United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel. Educational Services Section, cartographer.

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Distributed by the Educational Services Section, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Navy Department, [1944]
  • Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1944.

Headings

  • -  World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Oceania--Maps
  • -  World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Australia--Maps
  • -  World War, 1939-1945--Oceania--Aerial operations, American--Maps
  • -  World War, 1939-1945--Australia--Aerial operations, American--Maps
  • -  World War, 1939-1945--Oceania--Naval operations, American--Maps
  • -  World War, 1939-1945--Australia--Naval operations, American--Maps
  • -  World War, 1939-1945--Oceania--Aerial views
  • -  World War, 1939-1945--Australia--Aerial views
  • -  Oceania
  • -  Australia

Genre

  • Pictorial maps
  • Aerial views
  • Military maps

Notes

  • -  Covers Southwest Pacific Region including Iceland, northern Russia, Germany, northern France, and intervening land and sea areas.
  • -  Shows aircraft invasion routes from U.S./U.K., German invasion route of Norway, principal areas bombed by the Allies, principal areas of naval engagements, Allied air bases, Allied naval bases, and German targeted facilities.
  • -  Relief shown by shading.
  • -  Pictorial map drawn to highlight resemble a long-distance northward perspective aerial view from outer space.
  • -  Insets: Air distances in the Southwest Pacific--The Solomons campaign, August 1942 to August 1943.
  • -  Includes text, chronology of the Solomons, coverage map (inset), and color illustrations.
  • -  "U.S. Government Printing Office : 1944--O--566403."
  • -  "NAVPERS 100056."
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • 1 map on 2 sheets : col., cloth backing ; 98 x 146 cm, sheets 102 x 76 cm, folded to 51 x 76 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G9112.N6S7 1943 .U5

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021590550

Online Format

  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.

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Chicago citation style:

United States Bureau Of Naval Personnel. Training Aids, Cartographer, and Cartographer United States Bureau Of Naval Personnel. Educational Services Section. Southwest Pacific / Training Aids. [Washington, D.C.: Distributed by the Educational Services Section, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Navy Department, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1939] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021590550/.

APA citation style:

United States Bureau Of Naval Personnel. Training Aids, C. & United States Bureau Of Naval Personnel. Educational Services Section, C. (1939) Southwest Pacific / Training Aids. [Washington, D.C.: Distributed by the Educational Services Section, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Navy Department, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021590550/.

MLA citation style:

United States Bureau Of Naval Personnel. Training Aids, Cartographer, and Cartographer United States Bureau Of Naval Personnel. Educational Services Section. Southwest Pacific / Training Aids. [Washington, D.C.: Distributed by the Educational Services Section, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Navy Department, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1939] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021590550/>.