COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
U.S. Office of War Information
Date:
1944
Short Title:
Russian Front. (Continues) 13. Blitzkrieg in the East. & 14. Russian Blitz-Grinder
Publisher:
Simon and Schuster
Publisher Location:
New York
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
36
Obj Width cm:
57
Scale 1:
None shown
Note:
Section 13 continues with text, map, and section 14. Color map, titled: 45. Nazi campaign: Summer and Autumn 1942. Relief shown by shadings.
Country:
Russia
Event:
World War II
Full Title:
Russian Front. 13. Blitzkrieg in the East. 14. Russian Blitz-Grinder
List No:
1104.028
Page No:
38-39
Series No:
28
Publication Author:
U.S. Office of War Information
Pub Date:
1944
Pub Title:
A War Atlas for Americans. Prepared with the Assistance of the Office of War Information. Published for Council on Books in Wartime by Simon and Schuster. New York. 1944.
Pub Note:
The editors note in the preface that, "So far as we know this is the first book of its kind, integrating as it does maps and text in an effort to explain to the everyday reader the past, present, and possible future of the war." Many of the maps shown in three dimensional relief. Bound with a paper dust jacket with "A War Atlas for Americans. A guide to the nature and course of the war, containing 84 new maps and 60,000 words of interpretative text. Prepared with the assistance of the Office of War Information. Foreword by Elmer Davis. Published for Council on Books in Wartime by Simon and Schuster."
Pub List No:
1104.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
84
Pub Height cm:
37
Pub Width cm:
29
Image No:
1104028
Authors:
U.S. Office of War Information
Link To Source
Russian Front. (Continues) 13. Blitzkrieg in the East. & 14. Russian Blitz-Grinder
