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365 items in this album on 19 pages.


Map of New Guinea, 1942	Map noting the boundaries of Allied and Japanese forces as of 2 Jul 1942

Map marking limit of Axis expansion in Europe, North Africa, and the Atlantic Ocean, Sep 1939-Aug 1942	Map showing the extent of Japanese advance in 1942

Map of installations in the Aleutian Island Area as of 1 Aug 1942, prepared for the United States Navy Office of Naval Intelligence Combat Narrative report. Note that Attu and Kiska were listed as Japanese held.	Track chart from the shelling of Kiska Island by the cruiser USS St. Louis, 7 Aug 1942.

Track of the cruiser night action of 9 Aug 1942 off Savo Island, Solomon Islands where three United States cruisers and one Australian cruiser were lost. Track is taken from the USS Astoria damage report.	Map of the Makin Raid, Makin Island, 17 Aug 1942

USMC Map 104 showing the northern coast of Guadalcanal in the Lunga area	Map depicting the Guadalcanal Campaign, 7-8 Aug, 12-14 Sep, and 23-26 Oct 1942

Map showing Operation Torch landings in North Africa, 8 Nov 1942	Map showing the United States Army landings at Algiers, Algeria, 8 Nov 1942.

Track of Beach Approaches for the Western Task Force during Operation Torch, 8 Nov 1942, prepared for the United States Navy Office of Naval Intelligence Combat Narrative report.	Map depicting Japanese and US Naval movements during the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal the night of Nov 14, 1942.

Map depicting Japanese attack and withdraw over the Owen Stanley Range, New Guinea, 18 Sep-15 Nov 1942	United States Navy Track Chart Battle of Tassafaronga, 30 Nov 1942. Chart created in 1946.

Maps of several New Guinea Campaign engagements, mid- to late-1942	1943 map of the Marshall and Gilbert Islands

1943 United States Army map of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides Islands (now Vanuatu).	1943 United States Army map of western Guadalcanal and the Russel Islands in the Solomon chain.