File:Europe's armed sea.jpg

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Military build-up in the Mediterranean in early 1940

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Europe's armed sea
Artist
Rand McNally
Title
Europe's armed sea
Description
English: This map, published in the American newspaper Chicago Sunday Tribune appeared 9 days after Germany invaded Belgium, the Netherlands, and France. It highlights fortifications and air and naval bases throughout Europe and across the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, North Africa and part of the Middle East.
Date 19 May 1940
date QS:P571,+1940-05-19T00:00:00Z/11
Dimensions height: 42.5 cm (16.7 in); width: 55.8 cm (22 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,42.54U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,55.88U174728
Accession number
Geographicus link: europesarmedsea-sundaytribune-1940
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