Dated Events War Map. V-e Day Commemorating Victory in Europe May 8, 1945. by WORLD WAR II - EUROPE AND ASIAN THEATRES OF WAR) Turner, Stanley (cartography) - Copyright 1942.

C.C. Petersen.. 26th Edition.. Copyright 1942.. Color pictographic map, approximately 17 1/4 x 39 inches, folding to 9 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches as issued. Fine condition. The Victory in Europe edition of this colorful and informative pictorial map which was issued by C.C. Petersen Advertising of Canada in many editions throughout World War II, and distributed by different companies in the U.S. and Canada, this by United Air Lines. The left and right borders contain a chronology of events for the European and Pacific Arenas, with, at the upper centre edge, a Roll Call of dates on which member countries of the United Nations declared war. There are inset maps of "Possible Zones of Occupation;" the Philippine Islands; Japan (with the notation "Bombing of Vital Industrial and Strategic Military Objectives continues unabated"). Throughout the map significant events and dates of the War are noted. .