Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War Papua, New Guinea, 1942
The Solomons: Guadalcanal and Florida, 1942
Southwest Russia, 1942: Soviet Winter Offensive, Operations, 19 November-12 December 1942
North Africa, 1941: Pursuit to Tunisia, November 1942-February 1943
Special Guest Map-November Race for Tunis (from
Ike: An American Hero, by Michael Korda)
Tunisia 1942: The Race for Tunisia-Situation 1 January 1943, and Operations Since 17 November 1942
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941: Status of Forces and Allied Theater Boundaries, 2 July 1942
India-Burma, 1942: Allied Lines of Communication, 1942-1943
It has been nearly a year since I posted excerpts from Churchill’s history. I will endeavor to get back on track with that. This one is short so I will transcribe - HJS.
Prime Minister to C.I.G.S [Chief of the Imperial General Staff], 25 Nov 42
Are we not dispersing the Desert Army rather rapidly? If the 9th Australian and 2nd New Zealand Divisions leave, and now two South Africans, and then there is to be cannibalization, what is going to be left? It seems to me that we have got to think of the whole picture in relation to the next six months. Please report. I am disquieted.
Winston S. Churchill, The Hinge of Fate