Thursday, August 29, 2013

War Maps, Documents and Other Resources - #1 WWII Aerial Photos and Maps

Let's share some websites containing maps, documents, photos and other useful information. In this first entry, a website listed in a book I am reading.

The battle of Kharkov as viewed by German Army staff. Posted here as an example, without permission. Just contact me if this image here is an issue ...

The website is:


This is, my friends, the real deal. Material is sorted in fronts, dates, operations, units and other criteria. But you have to dig deep and be really interested in some particular unit to dig out the information. Hardcore, raw history at its best!

The simplicity of this situation map from the 7th Panzer Division, taken straight from the wartime records, is stunning. The website contains around 100 pages of documents from the Division's records. Posted here as an example, without permission. Just contact me if this image here is an issue ...
Website includes maps (including planning and situation), aerial photographs and unit's records.

Definitively worth a visit and a donation for all the hard work and money the author has put into this.

Cheers,








4 comments:

  1. Here's a few:

    http://www.oldhickory30th.com/Maps.htm

    http://greif.uni-greifswald.de/geogreif/

    http://library.mcmaster.ca/maps/ww1/ndx5to40.htm

    http://mapy.amzp.pl/tk25_list.cgi

    http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/rep-rap/doc/cmhq/cmhq130.pdf

    http://maps.vlasenko.net/soviet-military-topographic-map/map50k.html

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  2. Thanks!

    Anonymous: those are going to be up in a blog post. Great stuff!

    Thanks,

    JC

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