The Map Library has hundreds of World War II army maps and nautical charts of Japan, China, and Taiwan. Most of the collection depicts invasion plans of Japan. When these maps are not reference materials for class, they are available for checkout. Indexes for the MSU collection are available below and at the library.
Index Available | Call Number | Publisher |
Title |
Series | Scale | Year(s) |
✔ | G7335.K3 s50 .U55 | U.S. Army Map Service | Japan, Northern Karafuto 1:50,000 | A.M.S. L761 | 1:50,000 | 1943-1946 |
No index (1 map) |
G7340 1945 .U5 | U.S. Army Map Service | Kurile Islands: Special Strategic Map | A.M.S. 5207 | 1:1,000,000 | 1945 |
✔ | G7340 svar .U5 | U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office | Japan, Chishima-Rettō (Kuril Islands) | H.O. Misc. 11,616 | 1:36,000 and 1:72,000 | 1942-1945 |
✔ | G7823.C5 1945 .U5 | U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office | China – East Coast | H.O. Misc. 11,565 | 1:36,000 and 1:72,000 | 1945 |
✔ | G7911.P5 1945 .U5 | U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office | Taiwan (Formosa) – East and West Coast | H.O. Misc. 11,564 | 1:36,000 and 1:72,000 | 1945 |
✔ | G7960 s50 .U55 | U.S. Army Map Service | Japan, Hokkaidō 1:50,000 | A.M.S L764 | 1:50,000 | 1944 |
No index (1 map) |
G7960 s250 .U5 | U.S. Army Map Service | Japan 1:250,000 (Hiroshima) | A.M.S. L506 | 1:250,000 | Compiled in 1952 from 1945-1949 maps |
✔ | G7960 s250 .U53 | U.S. Army Map Service | Northern Japan 1:250,000 | A.M.S. L561 | 1:250,000 | 1944-1945 |
✔ | G7961.A1 1943 .U55 | U.S. Army Map Service | Japan City Plans | A.M.S. L902 |
1:10,000 and 1:12,500 |
1944-1947 |
✔ | G7961.P5 1945 .U55 | U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office | Japan, Honshū and Shikoku | H.O. Misc. 11,632 | 1:36,000 and 1:72,000 | July-August 1945 |
✔ | G7961.P5 s36 .U55 | U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office | Japan, Kyūshū, Ryūkyū-Rettō or Nansei-Shotō, Koshiki-Rettō | H.O. Misc. 11,633 and one chart is 11,557 | 1:36,000 | July 1945 |
✔ | G7962.C4 s250 .U5 | U.S. Army Map Service | Central Japan 1:250,000 | A.M.S L571 | 1:250,000 | 1944-1945 |
✔ | G7962.H5P5 s36 .U55 | U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office | Japan, Hokkaidō-Southeast Coast | H.O. Misc. 11,631 | 1:36,000 | 1945 |
✔ | G7962.H6 s50 .U5 | U.S. Army Map Service | Japan, Northern Honshu 1:50,000 | A.M.S L773 | 1:50,000 | 1944-1948 |
✔ | G7962.H6 s50 .U53 | U.S. Army Map Service | Japan, Central Honshū 1:50,000 | A.M.S L774 | 1:50,000 | 1944-1948 |
✔ | G7962.H6 s50 .U55 | U.S. Army Map Service | Japan, Southern Honshū 1:50,000 | A.M.S. L775 | 1:50,000 | 1944-1948 |
✔ | G7962.K9 s50 .U5 | U.S. Army Map Service | Japan, Kyūshū 1:50,000 | A.M.S L772 | 1:50,000 | 1945-1948 |