Military governance and Allied redeployment in the European theater begins; Prague liberated; Nagoya heavily bombed
May 10, 2015-May 16, 2015
Location: Government Documents
General Eisenhower, as Allied Supreme Commander, oversees the redeployment of U.S. forces to the United States and Pacific theater and Allied military government. This includes disarmament and control of German forces to ensure the terms of surrender. He must take preliminary steps for aid programs for liberated countries--the entire country of Holland, for example, is on the verge of collapse from starvation, and for relief and evacuation of Allied prisoners of war and displaced persons. A brief summary is available of this phase in The Supreme Command. Meanwhile, in Japan, hundreds of B-29s bomb urban Nagoya, and slaughter in the battle for Okinawa continues.
Newsmap. Monday, 21 May, 1945: week of 8 May to 15 May, 297th week of the war, 179th week of U.S. participation. Text keyed to map of Asia describes military action in Japan, Okinawa, China, the Philippines, and Borneo. Inset: View from the North Pole of the distance U.S. must now travel to fight Japan. Verso: Illustration and text explain the next step: ongoing war against Japan.
- View this map in print in the Map Collection reading room, ground floor of UHM Hamilton Library, the week of 10 May 2015
- View this map online through the University of North Texas Digital Library (http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc824/ )
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.
