Collection: Osher Map Library Collection

Name: Berlin or bust: War map of Germany by A. Wharton Metcalfe

Barcode: 59167

Image Number: 59167.0001

Creator: Metcalfe, A. Wharton

Publishing Location: Boston

Alternative Title: War Map of Germany

Brief Description: Front page of a war map supplement published on Sunday, January 27, 1918 by the Boston Advertiser and American showing a map of Austria-Hungary and Germany. Included are inset maps, one showing the railways from Cologne to Basel and battles fought in 1917. Included is a key with symbols indicating which cities were bombed by the Allies. Text below the map indicates the United States' efforts to eliminate the railways that allowed the Germans to move their troops and supplies. Also included is a description of French aviator Anselme Marchal's attempt to bombard Berlin with paper proclamations. He tried to land in Russia but landed in Cholm, Poland and was taken prisoner by the Germans in 1915. He escaped three years later with Roland Garros, another French aviator and innovator fighter pilot. Verso: Article by Robert A. Drake of Harvard, winner of the French Cross of War and ambulance driver who wrote about soldiers who claimed to be wounded: "Stealing "joy rides" under fire is Poilus' Pastime: Graphic story of doings at front seen by ambulance driver".

Publisher: Boston American (Boston [Mass]) 1911-1925

Date/Date Range Published: Jan 27th, 1918

Language: English

Region Depicted: AustriaGermany

Map Type: GeographicalHistorical mapsPolitical maps

Dimensions: Main map: 36 x 41 cm on sheet: 55 x 45.5 cm

Material Type: Newsprint

Historical Context: The United States entered the war in 1917 and helped by 1918 to defeat Germany. 

LC Call Number: G6801.S65 1918 M4

OCLC: 1531594738

Subjects: Military campaignsWorld War, 1914-1918

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