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Map of military operations in north & east Africa : showing time-table of successful operations
Title
Map of military operations in north & east Africa : showing time-table of successful operations.
Publication
[London] : Fosh & Cross Ltd., [1941]
Physical Description
1 map ; 45 x 83 cm
Cartographic Detail
Scale appoximately 1:9,250,000 (W 17°56'--E 51°40'/N 37°28'--N 1°27').
Local Notes
BEIN 615hc 1941: Stamp: Specimen of British war literature supplied for record purposes only.
Notes
Date of publication estimated from dates on map. Benghazi is dated February 6, 1941, when the British took the city from the Italians; the map was likely made before the Germans retook the city for the Axis on April 4, 1941.
Relief shown by hachures.
Bar scale given in English miles.
Most countries include drawings of European flags identifying colonial occupation and control, primarily from Great Britain and France.
"(F.266) Wt.46549 4350. 3/41 Gp. 959."
Summary
Shows northern Africa from the Mediterranean coast in the north to the Congo River and northern border of Belgian Congo in the south. Dates identify locations where Allied forces defeated Axis forces between December 11, 1940 and March 16, 1941.
Variant and related titles
Map of military operations in north and east Africa
Format
Maps & GIS
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 13, 2009
Subjects
Genre/Form
Thematic maps.
Propaganda.
Also listed under
Fosh & Cross (Firm), publisher.
England London.
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