COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Great Britain. MI6
Date:
1944
Short Title:
Zones of France : 1:2,000,000
Publisher:
No Publisher
Publisher Location:
England
Type:
Fabric Map
Obj Height cm:
53
Obj Width cm:
57
Scale 1:
2,000,000
Note:
2nd edition of WWII Zones of France silk Escape map, Issued pre D-Day, 4 March 1944. Intelligence School #9, Western Europe, M19, to Allied air crew and special forces operating behind enemy lines. Developed with the aid of the OSS and French Resistance, Britain’s military Intelligence Section, M10. Shows World-War-II military occupation zones. Includes inset of named occupation zones: Index to frontiers and legend. The division between occupied and non-occupied zones shown by dotted lines and arrows. Map covers parts of Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Spain. Shows roads, railways, frontiers, rivers and lakes. Relief shown by gradient tints and spot heights. Prime meridian is Greenwich.
World Area:
Europe
Country:
France
Event:
World War II
Full Title:
Zones of France : 1:2,000,000. Second edition. I.S.9 (WEA) MAR 44.
List No:
13127.000
Publication Author:
Great Britain. MI6
Pub Date:
1944
Pub Title:
Zones of France : 1:2,000,000. Second edition. I.S.9 (WEA) MAR 44.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
13127.000
Pub Type:
Fabric Map
Pub Height cm:
53
Pub Width cm:
57
Image No:
13127000.jp2
Authors:
Great Britain. MI6
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