[6 Routes to Invade the Mainland US]
- Title:
- [6 Routes to Invade the Mainland US]
- Alternate Title:
- [6 Routes to Invade the Mainland US]
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Oriental Culture Association
- Date:
- 1943
- Posted Date:
- 2024-04-25
- ID Number:
- 2538.01
- File Name:
- PJM_2538_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1940 - 1959
- Subject:
- World War II
Unusual Projection - Measurement:
- 36 x 48 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- This map, published in a popular illustrated magazine at a time when World War II was going well for Japan, promotes confidence in the nation's war effort by showing six alternative routes for invasion of the United States. The use of a polar projection covering the entire northern hemisphere permits illustration not only of Japan's routes of attack, but those of its ally Germany as well.
The red at the left center of the map marks Japanese occupied territory. Japan's possible attack routes include one through conquest of the Aleutian Islands and advances down the northern Pacific coast (#1); another via central Pacific island bases for a direct assault on California (#2); and a third proceeding from conquests in South America northward along the Pacific coast.
The red at the top left of the map marks German occupied areas in Europe and North Africa, as well as the ongoing invasion of the Soviet Union. Germany's possible attack routes include one through Canada (#4); another directly on the east coast of the U.S. (#5); and a third proceeding from conquests in South America to the Gulf Coast (#6).
There is an interesting similarity between this map and Richard Edes Harrison's famous 1940 map illustrating "Three Approaches to the United States" that might be taken by hostile forces (ID #1290). Harrison presents three different vulnerabilities: to a German attack over the Pole, through Canada (like #4 above); to a Japanese attack from the Northern Pacific, the point from which the Pearl Harbor raid was launched (like #1 above); and to an attack on the East Coast from South America (like #6 above).
Cornell University Library is pleased to present this digital collection of Persuasive Maps, the originals of which have been collected and described by the private collector PJ Mode. The descriptive information in the “Collector’s Notes” has been supplied by Mr. Mode and does not necessarily reflect the views of Cornell University. - Source:
- [Progress Today Illustrated Report]. Oriental Culture Association: 1943.
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.