HOME | DD
Kuusinen — Ravensteins Weltkarte 1942
Published: 2015-04-06 22:23:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 1761; Favourites: 7; Downloads: 23
Redirect to original
Description
I stumbled across this old German world map from 1942 in an antique shop in Gdansk last summer. I know the quality is bad here, its a photograph of the map in the frame where it proudly hangs on the wall above my desk
It depictes the 'aggreed upon' borders of the time, i.e. not occupied areas in the Soviet Union. The information at the bottom shows comparative population/landmass of the selected countries. Germany, Soviet, USA, British empire etc etc down to Norway and its overseas territories.
Related content
Comments: 19
Cool! But the German colonies are just claimed area's from Nazi Germany.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I bought this at an anique book store in downtown Gdansk. The book store had some popular stuff displayed outide facing the tourists and I found this map along with lots of other german books and documents in a pile just inside the store. I also found and bought (much more expensive because it is in good condition) a German military map of modern-day Poland from September 1944, depicting roads and highways. Perhaps it was left in the city when the Germans retreated? Interersting stuff
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Yeah, amazing what you find it stores huh.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Interesting borders in Africa, it looks like pre-WWI borders, most noticeably in Kamereun.
👍: 0 ⏩: 4
They are claimed. Germany doesn't have power in there than.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Well as far as I can see, Kamerun and the other old German colonies are coloured orange in the same colour as Germany and German East Africa is labelled "(Deutsch Ostafrika)".
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I think since it is a german map from ww 2., that they don´t accept the
post ww 1. order in Africa and therefore just took the borders they wanna
see^^
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
The area was claimed. I have a old Atlas of the Third Empire from 1942 and it does show the same.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
It sounds weird to not say Reich, cause even the Americans use the german word^^
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Oh, well Empire sounds fun. And I don't think that the Third Empire deserves the word Reich...
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Hm good thought, let´s see if the 4. Reich is a great monarchy again^^
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Maybe they are listed as league of nations mandates?
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I don't think so, since I'm seeing pre-mandate borders.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Maybe they did not recognized the mandate borders.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1