[American D-Day printed battle plans. 8 maps and a newspaper article connected with Operation Overlord [Decimalized .01-.09]

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A collection of eight maps and a newspaper article connected with Operation Overlord.

GLC#
GLC09557
Type
Header Record
Date
July 26, 1988
Title
[American D-Day printed battle plans. 8 maps and a newspaper article connected with Operation Overlord [Decimalized .01-.09]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
9 items
Primary time period
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Sub-Era
World War II
World War II
D-Day

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Collection Item
Map

[Map of French coast from Cherbourg to Rouen]

1941

War Office

A first edition European road map published by the War Office in 1941, showing the French coast from Cherbourg to Rouen.

GLC09557.01
Collection Item
Map

[Photo-map index]

March 1944

War Department Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army

A two-sided photo-map index of the English Channel. One side of the map shows Cherbourg, France, the English Channel, and Grande Rade. There is a grid over the map labled 1 to 29 on the y-axis and A to O on the x-axis. The reverse side of the map...

GLC09557.02
Collection Item
Map

Defenses Cherbourg

May 1944

A two-sided map of the defenses of Cherbourg, France. The shows the map itself, while the back has a large legend. There is a tear in the upper left quadrant of the map.

GLC09557.03
Collection Item
Map

Defences Lessay

May 1944

U.S. Army

A two-sided map of the defences of Lessay, France. The front shows the map itself, while the back has a large ledgend.

GLC09557.04
Collection Item
Map

Port en Bessin to Cherbourg [and] Entretat to Port Bessin

1943

A two-sided map of the coastline of France. One side of the map shows the Port en Bessin to Cherbourg and the reverse side shows Entretat to Port Bessin. This map has three hole punches and is labled page 185 and 186, but the rest of the book or...

GLC09557.05
Collection Item
Map

[Allied invasion of Normandy sectors]

ca. 1944

A map of the five areas where Allied troops invaded Normandy on June 6, 1944.

GLC09557.06
Collection Item
Map

La Haye du Puits [French]

September 1943

U.S. Army

A map of La Haye-du-Puits, France. There are numbers handwritten in orange on the map, but it is unclear what they represent. The back of the map has "La Haye Du Puits 31/18 S.W.," written in red.

GLC09557.07
Collection Item
Newspaper clipping

The Stars and Stripes. [(June 5, 2000) - (June 18, 2000)]

June 5, 2000-June 18, 2000

Vinch, Chuck, fl. 2000

"D-Day: Success and Challenges on the Beaches of Normandy," written by Chuck Vinch, reflects on the reasons behind the success of the Invasion of Normandy. Vinch attributes a large part of the success of the invasion to decieving the German's into...

GLC09557.08
Collection Item
Map

France - North Coast: Asnelle to Villers Including Caven Roadstead

January 1945

United States. Naval Oceanographic Office

A greyscale map of the North coast of France. Originally produced by the French government in 1893 with updates made in 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1937, and 1938.

GLC09557.09