Rioting against the Dutch in Indonesia; US Marines land in Tianjin, China; surrender of Japanese forces in Hanoi

World War 2 70th Anniversary - Exhibit and resources from Government Documents and Maps Department, UHM

September 27, 2015-October 3, 2015
Location: Government Documents

Military governance of Germany by the four nations grapples with its own unique problems. The full text of the "Code for the Conquered" highlighted in this weeks Newsmap may be found in A Decade of American Foreign Policy: Basic Documents, 1941-49. The regulation of all matters is by the Allied representatives, and this includes German return of people, properties, and assets, and the abolishment of the Nazi party and all of its associated institutions.

In Japan, Emperor Hirohito pays a first visit to Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers General MacArthur, an event captured forever in the photograph that appears in history resources. For the occupation of Japan, the OSS (officially dissolved at the end of October) has produced numerous civil affairs handbook on the Japanese prefectures. This study on Tokyo-to was published in September 1945: a comprehensive picture of greater Tokyo culled from information of the 1930s and 40s. A sample page shows leading causes of deaths in 1938.

Newsmap. Monday, 8 October, 1945: week of 25 September to 2 October. Front: Text describes principal points which disestablish the Reich and eliminate its war-making powers. Photograph: A group of men in uniform and in street dress stand in the foreground appearing to read the code for the conquered. Verso: Illustration of a serviceman in a hand-held test tube is accompanied by text giving points about identifying and preparing to pick a civilian job after discharge from the service.

View this map in print in the Map Collection reading room, ground floor of UHM Hamilton Library, the week of 27 September 2015
View this map online through the University of North Texas Digital Library ( http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc851/)

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.