1944 Turner Map of Europe, Africa, and Asia During World War II

This 1944 Stanley Francis Turner map of Europe, Africa, and Asia illustrates the world on the eve of 1945, the final year of World War II (1939 - 1945). Text boxes scattered throughout chronicle important wartime events, including the D-Day invasion of France, the liberation of Paris, and MacArthur's return to the Philippines, along with numerous others. The United Nations are shaded red, while land controlled by the Axis is green. Light green areas (limited to Asia only) illustrate conquered areas still controlled by the Axis. Countries are labeled and bear their flag, while world capitals are marked by yellow banners and small icons of buildings. Illustrations of airplanes and warships dot the map. Aerial distance charts to Berlin and Tokyo also appear. A small inset along the bottom border illustrates southern Africa and Madagascar and uses the same color scheme to portray alliances.

Empire Insets

Six insets (five along the left side and one in the upper right corner) illustrate the greatest extent of six historic empires. These are the Persian Empire, the Empire of Alexander the Great, the Roman Empire, the Conquests of Islam, Napoleon's conquests in Europe, and Genghis Khan's conquests in Asia. Each inset features a portrait of the empire's leader and a short, simple history of each empire.

Sponsored by Lipton Tea!

Turner's wartime maps, with very few exceptions, were distributed by companies to their clients. The present example was 'Published with the Compliments of Thomas J. Lipton Limited, Toronto'.

Publication History and Census

This map was created by Stanley Francis Turner and publisher by C. C. Peterson in 1944. We note only one other cataloged example of this edition. It appears in OCLC and it is part of the collection at the University of Toronto. A second edition, the 'Victory Edition' is part of the David Rumsey Map Collection.