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Newsmap - Volume 4, Number 37

12/31/1945

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This is one in a series of issues of "Newsmap" that were published from 1942 to 1946 by the U.S. Army. This issue covers the week of Dece,ber 4 to December 11, 1945.

"Newsmap" was distributed to members of the military and provided news about the progress of World War II. Each issue generally includes information on the front and back, featuring text, photographs, illustrations, and maps. The back is usually a poster.

The publications were designed for posting on bulletin boards or other display areas. The front would have been displayed during the week the publication was issued; and on the following week the back was displayed.

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NEWSMAP FOR THE ARMED FORCES

1945: YEAR OF VICTORY [photo caption] German PWs arriving in States on V-E-Day.

January YANKS ON LUZON: U.S. troops sweep ashore on Lingayen Gulf to break Jap grip on Philippines-Russians capture Warsaw-German homeland invaded from east and west-Hungary sues for peace, signs armistice.

February "BIG THREE" AT YALTA: Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin plan final squeeze on Germany-Manila falls to MacArthur's forces-Marines invade Iwo Jima-Air attacks smash chief Japanese and German cities.

March ACROSS THE RHINE AT REMAGEN: U.S. First army swiftly breaches last major nazi defense line when troops capture Ludendorff bridge intact-Mandalay falls to British-Germany's "lebensraum" shrinks rapidly as Russians enter Austria.

April FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT DIES: Harry S. Truman becomes 32nd President of the U.S. as nation mourns war leader-U.S. and Russian armies join at Elbe River, mop up remaining German forces-San Francisco Conference opens.

May V-E-DAY: Truman proclaims European war's end on 8 May following unconditional surrender of Germany-Hitler reported dead in ruins of Berlin Chancellery-Goebbels, Himmler suicides as Goering and other Nazi leaders rounded up.

June UNITED NATIONS: Delegates at San Francisco adopt charter as first step in new world organization-Japanese resistance ends on Okinawa-Superforts rain death on Nipponese cities-Allies announce control plan for Germany.

July POTSDAM CONFERENCE: New "Big Three" sessions map end of Germany's warmaking potential-Atlee succeeds Churchill as Britain's prime minister, joins Truman and Stalin at Potsdam-U.S. fleet shells Honshu-Senate passes Bretton Woods bill.

August ATOMIC AGE BEGINS: Single atom bomb devastates Hiroshima on 6 August-Russia declares war on Japan and second bomb hits Nagasaki-Japan agrees to surrender following prolonged negotiations-MacArthur named supreme commander.

September V-J-DAY ENDS WORLD WAR II-Japanese emissaries sign surrender document on 2 September aboard U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay-Occupation of Japan completed-Army announces 1,116,000 men released since 12 May.

October GOERING AND 23 OTHER HIGH NAZIS INDICTED FOR WAR CRIMES: German leaders charged with plotting against world peace-Arch-traitors Quisling and Laval die before firing suads-De Gaulle forms new coalition government in France.

November NEW CHIEF OF STAFF: Eisenhower replaces Marshall in key Army post, urges unification of armed forces-Nuremberg trials open-High officials arrested in Japan-New governments elected in Austria, Bulgaria, and Hungary.

December MOSCOW MEETING: "Big Three" ministers, Byrnes, Bevin, and Molotoff, confer in Russian capital-Truman asks Congress to combine Army and Navy-Marshall goes to China as ambassador-U.N.O. Preparatory Commission meets in London.

NEWSMAP Volume IV PREPARED AND DISTRIBUTED BY ARMY INFORMATION BRANCH [star symbol] MONDAY, 31 DECEMBER, 1945 - WEEK OF 18 DECEMBER TO 25 DECEMBER - VOLUME IV NO. 37F

[star symbol] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE - 654909 PREPARED FROM PUBLIC SOURCES OF INFORMATION

IF YOU PLAN TO RETURN TO SCHOOL OR COLLEGE APPLY FOR ACADEMIC CREDIT FOR YOUR ARMY TRAINING

The schools and colleges of America recognize that you have advanced your education while in the Army and want to grant you fair credit for what you have learned. To get this credit submit to your school or college W.D., A. G. O. Form No. 100, given you at the separation center. This form describes your complete Army career-service schools you have attended, special training you have received, your general educational development while serving as a soldier. With this record of your Army experience to guide them, the school officials will determine how much credit you deserve.

ATTENTION...MEN WHO DO NOT EXPECT EARLY DISCHARGE!

If you are ambitious to start now to prepare for eventual return to a civilian school or college, do this. Get from your I & E officer USAFI Form No. 47. Fill our this form and mail it to your school or college, asking them to recommend USAFI courses you can study for academic credit. When you hear from the school, enroll for appropriate USAFI courses. Thus, while you are still in the army, you will be marching ahead on your educational program.

For further information-See your I and E Officer...

* U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE - 654909

NEWSMAP Volume IV PREPARED AND DISTRIBUTED BY ARMY INFORMATION BRANCH

This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Coast Guard.
National Archives Identifier: 66395403
Full Citation: Poster 26-NM-4-37; 26-NM-4-37b; Newsmap - Volume 4, Number 37; 12/31/1945; Issues of the World War II Era "Newsmap" Publication, ca .1942-ca.1998; Records of the U.S. Coast Guard, Record Group 26; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/newsmap-12-31-1945, April 1, 2023]
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