Wake Island : possible goal for attack
- Bib ID:
- 6451614
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express, issuing body
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. MAP G3201.S7 1944 copy
- Scale:
- Scale approximately 1:15,840 (E 166°38'/N 19°18').
- Description:
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- [Los Angeles, California] : Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express, 1944
- 1 map : colour ; 49 x 39 cm, on sheet 55 x 42 cm
- Partial contents:
- Inset: [Pacific area showing distances in miles]
- Notes:
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- Map of Wake Island showing possible strategy for attack by United States forces on Japanese occupied territory during World War 2, published on page A-11 ofthe Los Angeles Evening Herald and Post, Wednesday, March 22, 1944. Relief shown pictorially.
- Signature in lower right corner: Bannister.
- "Wake is the most easterly U.S. position in the Pacific still held by Japan. Current strategy apparently plans early recapture of this "unsinkable" aircraft carrier, which may be the remaining source of supply for Jap Marshall Islands position still uncaptured by us ...".
- Includes text.
- MAP G3201.S7 1944 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2855985485
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1944
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 2014 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1944
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