Biennial Report Of The Chief Of Staff Of The United States Army July 1, 1943, To June 30, 1945 To The Secretary Of War - Formalizing American Victory In World War Ii. Government Printing Office

This analysis of the American fighting efforts during World War II was published in 1945 by the Government Printing Office. Two color booklets offer a high-level strategic overview of Allied victory. The report by the U.S. Army Chief of Staff (123 pages long) offers a chronological summary of the conflict and various details about postwar occupation, troop formations, and weapon systems. Several cartographic illustrations are included, many of which were designed by the talented Richard Edes Harrison. The supplemental atlas, designed by the Army Map Service, provides a series of fifty maps that show the progression of campaigns in both the Pacific and European theaters. Sheet Width (in) 12 Sheet Height (in) 9 Condition Description Two bound volumes (report and map supplement) with broken spines showing old cellophane tape repairs. Fair reading copies, ex-libris with old owner's inscription on the front endpapers. Contents are generally in good condition, with a bit of scattered spotting and wear along the fore edge.