TITLE/CONTENT OF MAP: 'North west Europe. Rouen-Paris - Army/Air. Sheet 7'
The map was published by the (British) War Office in 1943, with magnetic north dated to June 1943 - a year before the D-Day landings. Road diagrams are stated to be based on Michelin Tourist Maps revised through to 1939; the map includes a reliability diagram showing parts of the map later revised from air photographs. The D-Day landing beaches are situated just to the west of this map section. The Allied armies began to break out of the landing area and east through the area covered by this map during August 1944.
Date: 1943
IMAGE SIZE: Approx 61.5 x 74.5cm, 24 x 29.25 inches (Large); Please note that this is a folding map.
TYPE: Second World War pre D-Day Military Intelligence map. Includes reliability diagram
CONDITION: Good; suitable for framing. Some wear along the folds.
VERSO: There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain
FOLDING: This is a folding map.
ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: -
PROVENANCE: Geographical Section, General Staff No 4042. Published by the War Office, 1938. 2nd edition 1943

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