Tuesday, September 1, 1942

 This is a full sheet of a newspaper from the September 1, 1942. It has a map showing what is going on in the war at this time. The key was at the bottom but was so small I decided to blow it up so we can make sense of the map. I love finding things about WWII. On the key, it is loosely, and I mean really loosely, translated as "That of the Axis ice and their allies ruled territory" or put in a way I understand a little better, "Axis Powers and their Allies controlled areas". So I am guessing the darkest red colored places are the German held territories.

The top of the paper says A Map Showing the Situation in Europe, after 3 Years of War. I can only imagine holding on to this paper during the war, the person probably kept many of these maps that were issued in the newspaper, how else would you keep track of the war during that time? The radio, for sure, but if you were in an occupied area, all you would hear would be second guessed as propaganda and you would only hear the real news of the war through underground sources. Maybe the BBC. Usually in occupied areas the personal radio's were taken away. Maybe some of the other newspapers were sent off to areas that were occupied. This paper could have been one of those. If only this paper could speak to us. Had to share this cool piece of history.