| Place | Asia: Thailand |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM57 |
| Collection type | Official Record |
| Object type | Official Record |
| Date made | 1942-1955 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Records of the Allied Geographical Section, SWPA (South West Pacific Area)
Description
This series consists of publications which were produced by the AGS between 1942 and 1945. The section produced a variety of reports including:
· terrain studies
· terrain handbooks
· special reports
· spot reports
· ad hoc reports (which were prepared for different theatres and included reports on Burma, Indo-China, Malaya and Siam).
· sailing directions
· vegetation studies
· annotated bibliography
· miscellaneous publications
The major publications included details such as general history of the area, military importance, administration, airfields, cities and towns, climate, communications, description of coastline, medical problems, population, ports and harbours, resources, rivers and canals, roads and railroads and vegetation.
The series represents a substantial proportion of the total number of publications produced by the AGS. To date, no stocktake has been undertaken to determine if there are any publications missing from the series.
Part of this series also includes numerous reports published by the Inter Services Topographical Department based at Oxford which was the British equivalent to AGS. They are prefixed by the number 12/-.
More information can be found in the introduction to the series.
- AWM57 2 - Terrain studies
- AWM57 6 - Special reports
- AWM57 8 - [Records of the Allied Geographical Section, SWPA (South West Pacific Area):] [Thailand] Siam
- AWM57 11 - [Records of the Allied Geographical Section, SWPA (South West Pacific Area)]
- AWM57 12 - [Records of the Allied Geographical Section, SWPA (South West Pacific Area):] BR [Book of reference] 877 J