This war map, which was reproduced in a recent issue of the NEW YORK SUNDAY TIMES, is interesting in that it marks political and military highlights. Of primary importance in the war at sea are: (1) The Skagerrak, the mined and guarded gateway to the Baltic, water route to Sweden's iron ore and the Soviet city of Leningrad; (2) the Dardanelles, fortified and astride the path to the Black Sea outlets for Rumanian oil and Ukranian wheat; (3) the North Sea, where Britain's men-of-war blockade the German coast and German submarines attempt to slip out to sink allied and other shipping in European waters, and (4) the Mediterranean Sea, Great Britain's highway to India and France's best route to her African empire and all its man power. On land, the map suggests routes of invasion by Germany through nations now neutral: The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland or Italy.
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