Newsmap. Monday, 26 February, 1945 - Iwo Jima, Danzig, Corregidor
February 15, 2015-February 21, 2015
Location: Government Documents
Description: Newsmap. Monday, 26 February, 1945: week of 14 February, to 21 February, 285th week of the war, 167th week of U.S. participation. European and Pacific war fronts depicted. U.S. Marines land on Iwo Jima in what is to be one of the bloodiest invasions of the war. The battle had strategic importance—to gain additional airfields for future operations against the main Japanese islands. Verso of map shows the big three Crimea conference: "President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, and Marshal Stalin meeting on the shores of the Black Sea, fully agreed on plans and policies that are designed to bring a secure peace to the World."
- View this map in print in the Map Collection reading room, ground floor of UHM Hamilton Library, the week of 15 February 2015
- View this map online through the University of North Texas Digital Library (http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc881/)
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.
