Map Periryūtō tōbu chiku heiyō chishi yōzu = Peleliu Island, Eastern Area, Military Intelligence Map ペリリュー島東部地區兵要地誌要圖 = Peleliu Island, Eastern Area, Military Intelligence Map / Peleliu Island, Eastern Area, Military Intelligence Map
About this Item
Title
- Periryūtō tōbu chiku heiyō chishi yōzu = Peleliu Island, Eastern Area, Military Intelligence Map
Other Title
- ペリリュー島東部地區兵要地誌要圖 = Peleliu Island, Eastern Area, Military Intelligence Map
- Peleliu Island, Eastern Area, Military Intelligence Map
Created / Published
- [Japan] : [producer not identified], [1944?]
Headings
- - Military geography--Palau--Peleliu Island--Maps
- - World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Palau--Peleliu Island--Maps
- - Palau--Peleliu Island
Genre
- Maps
- Military maps
Notes
- - Relief shown by contours.
- - Japanese title and annotations in red and black pen-and-ink and blue pencil, mounted on cloth. English title and notes in red pencil.
- - Map for military strategy covering the eastern part of Peleliu Island. The shortwave direction measurement station is depicted in the center, with the surrounding islands, villages and coves.
- - Includes annotations and detailed cross sections describing topographic features and areas accessible to tanks and foot traffic.
- - Two pieces of paper typed in English are pasted on map.
- - Map was probably drawn by the Japanese Navy and later added translation and annotations by the U.S. Army.
- - Title in Japanese and English.
- - The Battle of Peleliu, fought between the U.S. and Japan during the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign of World War lI, from September to November 1944, on the Island of Peleliu, part of the island country Republic of Palau.
- - vcFY24
Medium
- 1 manuscript map : color ; 70 x 50 cm
Call Number/Physical Location
- G9427.P4R1 1944 .P4
Repository
- Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washi ngton, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2024590328
Online Format
- image