{"title":"History of the Greater East Asia War","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Japanese campaign maps from \u003cem\u003eHistory of the Greater East Asia War\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eDaitōa senshi\u003c\/em\u003e) record the conquest of Malaya and Singapore from the victors’ wartime perspective. The maps offered here were published in the Malaya volume, \u003cem\u003eMarē sakusen\u003c\/em\u003e, issued by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/asahi-shimbunsha\"\u003eAsahi Shimbunsha\u003c\/a\u003e in November 1942 under the auspices of Japan’s Army Ministry. One follows the Japanese advance down the Malay Peninsula with arrows, dated stages and Allied defence lines; the other maps “Fortress Singapore” through its batteries, airfields, naval facilities and defensive obstacles. Together they show how military geography was used to explain and celebrate the campaign. This was a book publication, distinct from the publisher’s illustrated weekly \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/shukan-asahi\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eShūkan Asahi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, whose maps reported the war as events unfolded.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"japanese-map-of-british-defences-of-fortress-singapore-asahi-shimbun-ww2-1942-p-7-028489","title":"Japanese map of British defences of Fortress Singapore—Asahi Shimbun—WW2 1942","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eシンガポール要塞防備要圖 [Outline map of the defences of Singapore Fortress]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eJapan’s own picture of “Fortress Singapore”, mapped battery by battery, appears in this detailed defence plan, published in November 1942 in an Army Ministry-sponsored history of the Malaya campaign, nearly nine months after the British surrender. Its legend distinguishes coastal batteries, anti-aircraft guns, machine-gun posts, searchlights, pillboxes, barbed-wire entanglements, oil tanks, fortified zones and military and civil airfields, and even separates known positions from those only anticipated, a revealing glimpse of the intelligence work behind the victory. The airfields at Tengah, Sembawang and Seletar, the naval base and its docks, underground oil storage, the reservoirs and the waterworks fill the island; fortified zones ring the high ground of Bukit Timah, and minefields are hatched across the approaches. Batteries guard Changi, Pulau Tekong and Pulau Ubin in the east and Pengerang across the water in Johore, with more on Blakang Mati, today’s Sentosa, and neighbouring Pulau Brani. Fort Canning is marked as a battery; beneath it lay the Battle Box, the bunker in which Percival’s command decided to surrender on 15 February 1942. A note records positions and obstacles built along the shore, above and below the waterline. To the north, Johore Bahru and the Causeway frame the strait that Japanese troops crossed on the night of 8 February. Issued as one of two folding maps in the Malaya volume of Asahi Shimbun’s History of the Greater East Asia War, the plan carries a plain message: the more formidable the fortress, the greater the conquest. Printed in black, its dense symbols make a striking image of a colonial stronghold seen through its conquerors’ eyes. We have found no other example offered by a Western dealer.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54274891546971,"sku":"P-7-028489","price":340.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028489a.jpg?v=1791486041"},{"product_id":"ww2-malaya-campaign-greater-east-asia-war-japanese-advance-asahi-1942-old-map-p-7-028488","title":"WW2 Malaya Campaign—Greater East Asia War—Japanese advance—Asahi 1942 old map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eマレー作戰經過要圖 [Outline map of the course of the Malaya Campaign]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Japanese conquest of Malaya, told as Tokyo wished it remembered: this campaign map traces the advance from the landings at Singora, Pattani and Kota Bharu on 8 December 1941 to Johore Bahru, opposite Singapore, in less than eight weeks. Blue arrows and dated stages sweep down the Malay Peninsula, red bars mark Allied defence lines, and command posts punctuate the route past Alor Star, Kuala Lumpur and Kuantan. Roads, rivers and mountain ranges show the country the campaign crossed. It was originally published on 8 November 1942 as one of two folding maps in the Malaya volume of Asahi Shimbun’s History of the Greater East Asia War, an Army Ministry-sponsored series. We have found no other example offered by a Western dealer.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54274891645275,"sku":"P-7-028488","price":140.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028488a.jpg?v=1791486042"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/collections\/history-of-the-greater-east-asia-war.oembed","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}