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22 Declassified CIA Cartography Maps of The 1940s

Last Updated: May 18, 2026 Leave a Comment

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The maps below all come this CIA album on Flicker. They describe the maps in the following ways:

The Cartography Section of General William Donovan’s Office of Strategic Services (OSS) produced some 8,000 hand-drawn maps and 64 plaster topographic 3-D models in support of the war effort. Many of their products played crucial roles in the planning and execution of major military operations in the European, North African, and Asian Theaters.

And here are the 22 maps:

1942 German Dialects Map

1942 German Dialects Map From the CIA

1942 Pacific Ocean Map

1942 Pacific Ocean Map From the CIA

1942 Russian Front Map

1942 Russian Front Map from the CIA

1943 Leningrad Front Map

1943 Leningrad Front Map From The CIA

1943 Po Valley Terrain Map

1943 Po Valley Terrain Map From the CIA

1943 Tunisia Map

1943 Tunisia Map from the CIA

1944 China Map

1944 China Map from the CIA

1944 German Concentration Camps Map

1944 German Concentration Camps Map from the CIA

1944 Germany Population Density Map

1944 Germany Population Density Map from the CIA

1944 Okinawa Enemy Dispositions Map

1944 Okinawa Enemy Dispositions Map From The CIA

1945 Approaches to Japan Map

1945 Approaches to Japan Map from the CIA

1945 Berlin Zones of Occupation Map

1945 Berlin Zones of Occupation Map from the CIA

1945 Indochina Roads Map

1945 Indochina Roads Map from the CIA

1945 Japan Food Sufficiency Map

1945 Japan Food Sufficiency Map from the CIA

1945 Korea & Manchuria Map

1945 Korea & Manchuria Map from the CIA

1945 Korea Administrative Divisions

1945 Korea Administrative Divisions From the CIA

1945 Pacific Japanese Control Map

1945 Pacific Japanese Control Map from the CIA

1945 Taegu Map

1945 Taegu Map from the CIA

1945 Tribes of Iran Map

1945 Tribes of Iran Map from the CIA

1945 Venzia Giulia Italy Map

1945 Venzia Giulia Italy Map from the CIA

1946 Korea Zones Map

1946 Korea Zones Map from the CIA

President Roosevelt Looking At An OSS Globe

President Roosevelt Looking At An OSS Globe

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