In 1945, the Philippines was the site of intense fighting as Allied and Filipino forces liberated the archipelago from Japanese occupation during the Second World War. The year marked the end of the war in the Pacific and the return of the Philippines toward independence, formally granted in 1946.
This 1945 map charts the Philippine islands at the close of the Second World War. Maps from this period were produced for military operations during the liberation campaign and for the administration of territory as it was retaken. They document the archipelago at a turning point between wartime occupation and the postwar path to independence.
This print preserves a record of how the Philippines was mapped in the final year of the Second World War.
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