{"product_id":"poland-a-military-autopsy-world-war-2-persuasive-map-richard-edes-harrison-1939-p-8-006770","title":"Poland—A Military Autopsy—World War 2—persuasive map—Richard Edes Harrison 1939","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Poland—A Military Autopsy'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRichard Edes Harrison’s Poland: A Military Autopsy, published in Fortune shortly after the German and Soviet destruction of Poland, is among the earliest of Harrison’s celebrated wartime analytical maps. Combining dramatic relief cartography with sequential campaign diagrams, it traces the collapse of the Polish state between 1 and 29 September 1939, from the initial German assault to the Soviet invasion and final partition. The accompanying text presents the campaign as a ruthless demonstration of mechanised warfare and strategic encirclement, arguing that Poland’s geography and exposed frontiers made defence almost impossible. Particularly striking—and historically chilling—is the final speculative map proposing future territorial rearrangements, including a naively-labelled possible “Jewish Reservation?”, reflecting contemporary uncertainty and ignorance regarding Nazi intentions before the Holocaust became fully understood. A powerful early-war Fortune production.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52934518931803,"sku":"P-8-006770","price":360.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-8-006770a.jpg?v=1778179198","url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/fr\/products\/poland-a-military-autopsy-world-war-2-persuasive-map-richard-edes-harrison-1939-p-8-006770","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}