{"product_id":"southeast-to-armageddon-world-war-2-persuasive-map-richard-edes-harrison-1942-p-8-006769","title":"Southeast to Armageddon—World War 2—persuasive map—Richard Edes Harrison 1942","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Southeast to Armageddon'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished in Fortune in February 1942, Harrison’s Southeast to Armageddon gives a “Hitler’s-eye view” of the Middle East from above Berchtesgaden. The title is pointed: the Biblical site of Armageddon is marked, while arrows and labels trace failed and possible future Axis drives toward Suez, Mosul, Basra, Abadan and the Caucasus. The map anticipates the German push toward Stalingrad and Baku. Harrison’s point, however, is not Axis inevitability but geographic difficulty. Turkey’s straits and mountains, long rail routes, exposed pipelines, oilfields, deserts and Allied positions made reaching the oil a formidable problem; extracting and moving it to Europe would be harder still. The map is a persuasive study of oil, terrain and Allied containment.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52934518833499,"sku":"P-8-006769","price":180.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-8-006769a.jpg?v=1778179198","url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/fr\/products\/southeast-to-armageddon-world-war-2-persuasive-map-richard-edes-harrison-1942-p-8-006769","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}