Axis Expansion 1939-1942 / Allied Counter-attack 1942-1945, 1966

Containers:

Folder 5

Component identifier:

Item 77

Content Summary:

Two maps on one sheet. Axis expansion map shows Axis victories, expansion and territory in 1939 in the Western and Eastern theatres of war, with index of key events. Allied map shows victories, expansion and nuclear attacks in the Western and Eastern theatres of war, with index of key events. Map sheet is the inside of a double cover for the issue of Purnell's History of the Second World War serial. Verso of map includes the issue cover, a list of writers for the series, and the contents of the first volume. On sheet 60 x 47 cm.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The maps were part of the collection presented to the Library in 1981 by the Hertz family.

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