Objetivo: Tokío
A large azimuthal map centred on Tokyo shows concentric distance circles and lines from Allied-held points across Asia and the Pacific, under the headline 'Objetivo: Tokío' and a paragraph stating that each US offensive brings the war closer to Japan. The sheet is chiefly an explanatory map; the tell is its one-sided framing, showing distances to Japan from the Allied side only (card-stacking).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Washington, D.C.
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (US federal government work)
Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-846.
Text on the object
OBJETIVO: TOKÍO CADA ofensiva de las fuerzas de los Estados Unidos en el Pacífico acerca más la guerra al propio Japón y a su capital, Tokío, tomada en este mapa como centro geográfico. Los círculos indican las distancias hasta Tokío. Las líneas marcadas entre las ciudades principales muestran las distancias entre puntos fuera de la línea que pasa por el centro de proyección. [map labels include:] UNIÓN SOVIÉTICA DE REPÚBLICAS SOCIALISTAS; MONGOLIA MERIDIONAL; MANCHURIA; CHINA; COREA; JAPÓN; OCÉANO PACÍFICO; OCÉANO ÍNDICO; INDIA; FILIPINAS; INDIAS HOLANDESAS; AUSTRALIA; ALASKA; ARCHIPIÉLAGO DEL HAWAII [imprint:] Publicado por el Coordinador de Asuntos Interamericanos, Washington, E. U. A. [Translation: Objective: Tokyo. Each offensive of the United States forces in the Pacific brings the war closer to Japan itself and its capital, Tokyo, taken on this map as the geographic centre. The circles indicate distances to Tokyo. The lines drawn between the main cities show the distances between points off the line that passes through the centre of projection.]
