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Sharing.. WWII Normandy Map..
Posted on 11/23/20 at 11:53 am
Posted on 11/23/20 at 11:53 am
Figured I would share this piece, just because it's cool as hell... I don;t know if I will make different threads as times goes by or just keep adding to this one... Unknown at this time.
This is basically what it is. US Army road map of the Normandy invasion area. Labelled Cherbourg & Caen.
The map came from an estate in Canada. You can see where the map was folded. This highlights the Canadians landing Zones of Sword and Juno where the Canadians Landed.
I am speculating that since this is a very detailed road map and not a Topographical Sectional Map, I believe that whomever carried this map would most likely be in the Quarter Master Corp, Supply.. ALthough Head Quarters units and Some officers would most likely carry this map along with many others.
Notice the Detail of the Roads. This is the St. Mere Eglise region where the 82nd Airborne Division landed. The Dots off the beach are Beach obstacles. But the details of the roads, highways and secondary roads is incredible.
This is the Caen area.
If you guys are enjoying these posts of all this stuff. Please say so. At this point I have barely touched the surface, and it is time consuming... and some people don't like this stuff.
This is basically what it is. US Army road map of the Normandy invasion area. Labelled Cherbourg & Caen.
The map came from an estate in Canada. You can see where the map was folded. This highlights the Canadians landing Zones of Sword and Juno where the Canadians Landed.
I am speculating that since this is a very detailed road map and not a Topographical Sectional Map, I believe that whomever carried this map would most likely be in the Quarter Master Corp, Supply.. ALthough Head Quarters units and Some officers would most likely carry this map along with many others.
Notice the Detail of the Roads. This is the St. Mere Eglise region where the 82nd Airborne Division landed. The Dots off the beach are Beach obstacles. But the details of the roads, highways and secondary roads is incredible.
This is the Caen area.
If you guys are enjoying these posts of all this stuff. Please say so. At this point I have barely touched the surface, and it is time consuming... and some people don't like this stuff.
This post was edited on 11/23/20 at 12:00 pm
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Posted on 11/23/20 at 11:55 am to WWII Collector
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If you guys are enjoying these posts of all this stuff. Please say so. At this point I have barely touched the surface .
Please share more!
Posted on 11/23/20 at 11:56 am to WWII Collector
Wanna sell it?
Posted on 11/23/20 at 12:02 pm to WWII Collector
This is AWESOME.
I love old maps.
Please post more stuff
I love old maps.
Please post more stuff
Posted on 11/23/20 at 12:03 pm to WWII Collector
Where are the German on there? Don’t see em
Posted on 11/23/20 at 12:05 pm to WWII Collector
Enjoyed your post.
Looking forward to more.
Looking forward to more.
Posted on 11/23/20 at 12:16 pm to WWII Collector
That's really cool. Do you have any Civil War memorabilia or do you just concentrate on WWII.
Posted on 11/23/20 at 12:20 pm to WWII Collector
this is a pretty common map believe it or not. US Army LOVED printing maps.
Doesn't make it any less cool however.
Doesn't make it any less cool however.
Posted on 11/23/20 at 12:24 pm to GRIZZ
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That's really cool. Do you have any Civil War memorabilia or do you just concentrate on WWII.
Thank You... I have a few Civil war pieces, but not much... I try to stay in the WWII time frame, I don't know why. I think a lot has to do with My grandparents living through it and all... I remember as a kid listening to War Stories and such...
Even though my collection is WWII, I sort of have sub categories that I like to specialize in: Food, Music, Christmas and Oklahoma.
I do have a Bible printed in 1864 and a cannonball from Vicksburg.. But I think that's about it.
Posted on 11/23/20 at 12:26 pm to geauxtigers87
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this is a pretty common map believe it or not. US Army LOVED printing maps.
Doesn't make it any less cool however.
I have a really cool map, and it somehow has an association with something else... But I am going to save that one for around Christmas... They have a relating connection and it's kind of profound.
Posted on 11/23/20 at 12:28 pm to WWII Collector
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If you guys are enjoying these posts of all this stuff. Please say so. At this point I have barely touched the surface, and it is time consuming... and some people don't like this stuff.
Love history. Actual history, not the stuff that the world is rewriting.
Posted on 11/23/20 at 12:31 pm to WWII Collector
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So no mention of the 29th Infantry Div landing on Omaha Beach? That’s inexcusable.
Posted on 11/23/20 at 12:33 pm to Darth_Vader
darth, is that a picture of a model plane you've done on your profile? If it is, i've been looking for a decent paint sprayer for modeling any suggestions?
Posted on 11/23/20 at 12:34 pm to Darth_Vader
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So no mention of the 29th Infantry Div landing on Omaha Beach? That’s inexcusable.
That was only used to point out where the Canadian landed and how it associates with the folding of the map itself. I could not find a decent JPEG of the beaches.
Posted on 11/23/20 at 12:35 pm to WWII Collector
Posted on 11/23/20 at 12:41 pm to Darth_Vader
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So no mention of the 29th Infantry Div landing on Omaha Beach? That’s inexcusable
My grandfather was 29th infantry.
Got called up after D-Day to take St. Lo from what I gather. Series of books from Balkoski about it.
Ended up shot three separate times from 1944 to 1945.
This post was edited on 11/23/20 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 11/23/20 at 12:44 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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Ended up shot three separate times from 1944 to 1945.
shot where?
Posted on 11/23/20 at 12:56 pm to Philzilla2k
Shot in the arms.
First one was outside Brest.
Other two were during Central Europe and Rhineland campaigns inside Germany.
I have to pull the names of the towns.
First one was outside Brest.
Other two were during Central Europe and Rhineland campaigns inside Germany.
I have to pull the names of the towns.
Posted on 11/23/20 at 1:05 pm to WWII Collector
I just research a little about Canada in ww2 since you rarely hear about them. Found this about their Juno beach landing on wiki:
“On 6 June 1944, the 3rd Canadian Division landed on Juno Beach in the Normandy landings and sustained heavy casualties in their first hour of attack. By the end of D-Day, the Canadians had penetrated deeper into France than either the British or the American troops at their landing sites, overcoming stronger resistance than the other beachheads except Omaha Beach. In the first month of the Normandy campaign, Canadian, British and Polish troops were opposed by some of the strongest and best trained German troops in the theatre”
Also found out Canada had a population of 11 million people and 1 million people served in WW2. Pretty remarkable.
“On 6 June 1944, the 3rd Canadian Division landed on Juno Beach in the Normandy landings and sustained heavy casualties in their first hour of attack. By the end of D-Day, the Canadians had penetrated deeper into France than either the British or the American troops at their landing sites, overcoming stronger resistance than the other beachheads except Omaha Beach. In the first month of the Normandy campaign, Canadian, British and Polish troops were opposed by some of the strongest and best trained German troops in the theatre”
Also found out Canada had a population of 11 million people and 1 million people served in WW2. Pretty remarkable.
Posted on 11/23/20 at 1:09 pm to WWII Collector
I don't see it, but my cousin from San Antonio did the aerial mapping for the invasion and also for the canceled invasion of Japan.
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