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REFINE  Browse All : Newspaper Map and Pictorial map and Separate Map of Pacific 1-5 of 5 Los Angeles Times; Owen... Rabaul threatened as Ya... 1943 Separate Map   Author [Los Angeles Times, Owens, Charles H.] Note Color map with detailed view of the action in New Georgia Group, Solomon Islands. Shows boundaries, major cities, battle fields, battleships, and war planes. Relief shown pictorially and by spot heights. Includes notes and text: "The combined allied land, sea and air forces have struck again in the Solomons ..." Los Angeles Times; Owen... Saipan conquest sets pa... 1944 Separate Map   Author [Los Angeles Times, Owens, Charles H.] Note Color pictorial map by Charles Owens, mounted on Japanese paper. Showing the war in the Pacific. The capture of the strategic island of Saipan is illustrated, with a description in the text at upper right: "American conquest of Saipan in the Marianas has completed a pattern for aerial operations of overwhelming dimensions. Military experts envisage bombing flights, principally those of the new B-29 Superfortresses, originating from Saipan and ranging as far as Japan, Formosa, the China coast and the Philippines." Also shows that range, with other centers of aerial operation: the Admiralty Islands north of New Guinea and Chungking in China. Informative text labels provide an effective overview of the geopolitical situation, in keeping with the "air-age". "Red tint indicates Jap held areas". Burke, Howard The Pacific - Vital are... 1942 Separate Map   Author Burke, Howard Note Color pictorial map, mounted on Japanese paper. With inset at lower right corner. Showing Greater East Asia and Pacific Islands with air and naval Bases. Text box at lower left note" The war in the Pacific opened with the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor ...". Relief shown pictorially. Informative text labels and small pictographs provide an effective overview of the geopolitical situation, in keeping with the "air-age" . Baltimore American Pacific Rule Threatens ... 1940 [Separate Map, Newspape...   Author Baltimore American Los Angeles Examiner; B... How planes and ships co... 1938 Separate Map   Author [Los Angeles Examiner, Burke, Howard] Note Color map of the Asian Pacific region, by Howard Burke, centerfold from, issue of Los Angeles Examiner. Date estimated. Covers portion of Russia and China, Korea, East Indies, Japan, Thailand, Philippine Islands and Alaska at upper right. Shows major cities, roads, railroads, etc. Arrows and text pointing out the diversion of planes and warships to the strategic places in Pacific. Includes text. Inset map: "This beautiful coral atoll was awarded to Japan along with thousands of similar islands under League of Nations Mandate ..." 1-5 of 5

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