Rabaul, key to Japan's offense and defense in Pacific / Howard Burke
- Bib ID:
- 6451653
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Burke, Howard, cartographer
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. MAP G3201.S7 1942 copy
- Scale:
- Scale approximately 1:14,500,000 (E 120°25'--E 171°12'/N 14°40'--S 23°23').
- Description:
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- [Los Angeles, California] : Los Angeles Examiner, 1942
- 1 map : colour ; 48 x 39 cm, on sheet 55 x 42 cm
- Partial contents:
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- Insets: [Map of New Guinea superimposed upon map of eastern United States of America to show relative size]
- Ponape.
- Notes:
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- Map of Papua New Guinea, Southeast Asia and part of Oceania showing Japanese occupation in the Pacific during the Second World War, published in the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper, Monday December 21, 1942, page 22. Relief shown pictorially.
- "Under the personal command of General Douglas macArthur, Allied troops have captured Buna and Gona on New Guinea, clearing the way to the strong Japanese base at Lae. From this latter point, once it is taken, the Allies can strike at Japs' main operating base, Rabaul, from two directions.".
- Includes text describing Japanese occupation and strategies for Allied troops to capture area.
- MAP G3201.S7 1942 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2855985160
- Subject:
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- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area -- Maps
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Rabaul -- Maps
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Papua New Guinea -- Maps
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Oceania -- Maps
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Southeast Asia -- Maps
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Occupied territories -- Maps
- Pacific Area -- Maps
- Rabaul (Papua New Guinea) -- Maps
- Papua New Guinea -- Maps
- Oceania -- Maps
- Southeast Asia -- Maps
- Time Coverage:
- 1942
- Other authors/contributors:
- Los Angeles Examiner, issuing body
- Copyright:
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- Since 2012 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1942
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