Korean war map (5 Ergebnisse)

Colour manuscript map of Korea, made in Puyang Middle School in 1954, 109 x 78cm, text in traditional Chinese characters, the map which was originally folded has been laid down on heavy gauge paper. Chipped in a number of areas at folds some recent colouring has modified the impact of this loss. While showing signs of use this map is an interesting example of classroom teaching material relating to Korea in 1950s China. The map depicts the principal geographical areas of Korea, Japan, and the People?s Republic of China. The 38th parallel is clearly marked, along with a number of important Korean cities, including Hanseong (Seoul), Kaesong, Busan, Jinju, Incheon, and Pyongyang, here written as ?? Korea is labelled as Chaoxian (??), the term commonly used in China at the time. Taken together with the naïve style of calligraphy and the note that it was produced at a middle school, Puyang Zhongxue (????) in Henan Province, shortly after the Korean War, it is likely that the map was made by a student, possibly named Guo Renwen (???), whose name appears at the lower right. The faint yellow numbers 1?5 painted on the map may refer to a legend or explanatory key that is no longer present. …

78 x 63cm. Edges trifle worn with few small closed tears, mended on reverse, overall a very good copy of a scarce map printed in Japan. A map of the Korean Peninsula marking 25 notable engagements dating from the outbreak of hostilities in June 1950 until June 1952. The map is encircled by two UN flags, the national flags of twenty-two nations supporting UN Command either militarily or through medical support, as well as the insignia of combatant American units.…

No binding. Zustand: Very Good. Very good. Size: Height 21.25 x width 14.5 inches. This is a rare and perhaps unique November 1950 Thai-language map of Korea extolling Thai soldiers who would soon fight in the opening phase of the Korean War (1950 - 1953). The map was published in Bangkok to promote to the interested Thai public, Thailand's support for South Korea and the emerging U.S. alliance system in Asia, which included both South Korea and Thailand, in the early Cold War. Thailand was the first Asian power to participate in the Alliance. Date: 1950 (dated) Note: Thailand's Contribution to the Korean War.…

No binding. Zustand: Good. Good. Wear on old fold lines. A few edge mends. Closed tear, repaired on verso, just to left of skeleton's elbow. Italian tax stamp bottom center. Size: Height 39 x width 27 inches. This is a powerful Italian anti-Communist Cold War propaganda poster printed c. 1953 by Gros-Monti. Referencing the Korean War, the poster emphasizes the Communist threat to (Western) Europe and the specter of a Korean-style conflict on the continent. It was most likely intended to bolster anti-Communist political parties in the run-up to Italy's 1953 general election. Date: 1953 (undated) Note: 'A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of communism.' References: Museo nazionale Collezione Salce Codice di Catalogo Nazionale: 0500664119, Numero d'Inventario: 22353.; Shen, Z. (Silver, N., trans.), Mao, Stalin and the Korean War: Trilateral Communist Relations in the 1950s, (New York: Routledge) 2012.…

Good. On newsprint. Toning. Fold wear. Some archival verso stabilization at edges and along fragile folds. Size 16.5 x 11.5 Inches. A rare example of Cold War cartographic propaganda, this c. 1950 Hungarian-language map of Korea was prepared by the Magyar Rend?r Melléklete (Hungarian Police Annex). Meant for public display and interactive coordination with news about the progress of the conflict, it extols the Korean people's struggle for 'freedom' against American 'imperialism.' A Closer Look This Hungarian-language map covers the entire Korean Peninsula (displayed as undivided, as in North Korean propaganda) along with portions of Manchuria, the Soviet Union, and Japan. Cities, towns, rail lines, provincial and national boundaries, and topographic features such as rivers are labeled throughout. The text at the top admonishes the 'warmongers' (i.e., America) and tells them to keep their 'hands off Korea.' The text at the bottom explains that the map should be publicly displayed, after which it would be turned into a sort of game where readers could track the progress of 'the freedom struggle of the Korean people' (i.e., the Korean People's Army) with small flags as they inevitably marched towards the south. It was very likely meant to be tied in with the propaganda and fundraising campaign discussed below. Hungary's Role in the Korean War Like other countries in Eastern Europe that had recently been occupied by the Soviets and fallen under Communist or Soviet-aligned governments, the Hungarian People's Republic was staunchly in support of North Korea during the Korean War, though its ability to offer material support was limited. Aside from propaganda support such as the present map, Hungary's most direct contribution to the North Koreans consisted of seven medical teams, eventually totaling over 200 doctors, nurses, and other personnel, who, between 1950 and 1957, worked in a hospital near Pyongyang (for most of this period called Rákosi Mátyás Hospital, also known as the 58th Hospital of the Korean People's Army). These personnel were not frontline military medics, though they often treated wounded soldiers and civilian victims of such aerial bombings (which were frequent and intense in Pyongyang). Moreover, they provided general medical services for the civilian population of North Korea and trained Korean medical professionals. The medical mission was perhaps more important for the new Hungarian government than the North Koreans; a fundraising drive and propaganda campaign reinforced messages of international Socialist solidarity and 'anti-imperialism,' echoing the Hungarian Working People's Party (later the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party) own domestic propaganda and signaling the 'party line' under the rule of Mátyás Rákosi, who the previous year (1949) had moved the country towards a totalitarian dictatorship on the Stalinist model. Publication History and Census This map was prepared by the Magyar Rend?r Melléklete (Hungarian Police Annex). It is undated but likely was produced in the early phase of the conflict in 1950. We have not been able to locate another example of this map. However, the OCLC (909015096) does note two examples, held in Hungary, of a short book of the same title written by female journalist Júlia Kenyeres (1895 - 1958), published by Szikra (Spark), the newspaper of the SZIT (Trade Union Youth Worker and Apprentice Movement). It is unclear if a version of this map also appeared in that work, but the present map looks to be unlikely to have come from Kenyeres' book given its ephemeral nature, having been printed on newsprint. …