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A Guide to Trench Maps. The four years of relatively static warfare in Belgium and France, from late 1914 to the end of the First World War, entailed the excavation of thousands of miles of trenches and static fortifications.
21 lip 2010 · I have been looking for military maps and came across the Defence Surveyors Association's website which has a link to see the entire contents of the "Maps And Survey" book from The War Office. I don't think there is a thread which includes this already - my apologies if there is.
The information can be used to find map reference from World War Two war diaries on current day maps. Locations are calculated, so might not be in the correct place. For historical research, always check the originals.
French topographical map dated 1894 produced by the Service géographique de l'Armée in 2 sheets (joined), covering SE England, Holland, NW France, Belgian Coast, W Germany, Alsace and Lorraine, and Switzerland (i.e. whole Western Front zone).
18 lis 2018 · If you want really close up detail, then various areas are available at 1:25000 albeit using - in the case of Germany at least - a later grid system (if anyone knows a source of WW2 period maps of France, Belgium and Germany at 1:25000 with the correct WW2 grid system then I'm all ears).
13 maj 2024 · Dear colleagues - I am studying the French Sixth Army for the period September 1916. I have their Official History and War Diaries (‘JMO’s’). However, I am having difficulties aligning map references in their War Diaries with the relevant French maps and hope someone can help me. An example may h...
The remaining sheets [i.e. series GSGS 2738] were prepared and published after outbreak of war, and are [simplified] copies of the French 1/200,000 maps. Roads are shown in red [without black outline], and villages by a symbol (circle).
