Airfields from Iwo Jima and Okinawa utilized for bombing missions; Japan attempts peace treaty with the Soviets; Philippines come under Allied control
July 5, 2015-July 11, 2015
Location: Government Documents
American bombing of Japanese targets on the home islands and in China increase in number and in tonnage as never before. Thousands of mines are laid in the coastal waters of Japan to effect a blockade of food and critical supplies from the continent. Japan, meanwhile, prepares ever desperate measures to repel the impending American amphibious landings--exactly when the Japanese don't know--by designing new one-way assault weapons, such as the manned torpedo and the manned mine. Allied mines, for their part, contribute to bringing about the starvation of the Japanese population. See Twentieth Air Force: A Statistical Summary of its Operations Against Japan published in 1945 for a view of some of these missions, tonnage, and results.
Newsmap. Monday, 16 July, 1945: week of 3 July to 10 July, V-E Day + 10 weeks, 187th week of U. S. participation in the war. Chart chronicles 8 years of war in China with significant dates. Included are 3 photographs, map of Southeast Asia with Japanese held areas as of July 10, and inset map of Asia. Verso: Quote from General Somervell "Burn this thought into your minds ..."
- View this map in print in the Map Collection reading room, ground floor of UHM Hamilton Library, the week of 5 July 2015
- View this map online through the University of North Texas Digital Library (http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc864)
Notes: Newsmaps were color posters issued by the U.S. Army and the Government Printing Office (GPO) on Mondays during the World War II. They combine maps, images, and news from the previous week’s war effort.
