Japan and Russia to Divide China (1940) - Milhaud Maps

This map was drawn by Howard Burke and published by the newspaper Milwaukee Sentinel in April 1940, in the context of World War II, when the United States had not yet entered into the conflict. It is a propaganda map that sought to raise awareness among the American population of global threats. Burke, in two previously published maps, had already made clear the threat of Japan and the Soviet Union. On this map, he subtly launches the hypothesis…