Map, Allied, CARENTAN, Edition of June 1943, Sheet No. 31/18 S.E.
€450.00
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Rare genuine WWII Allied map of Normandy, Carentan, Sheet 31/18 S.E., scale 1:25,000. Edition of June 1943.
Based on a version drawn by the British General Staff-Geographical Section and edited by the 660th Engineer Topographic Battalion of the US Army, the present map covers a large perimeter bounded by the towns of Cretteville, Saint-Côme-du-Mont, Carentan and Le Plessis.
Some of the most emblematic battlefields where the 101st Airborne Division fought the Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6 and the 17. ᛋᛋ-Panzergrenadier Division „Götz von Berlichingen“ from June 6 to 13, 1944 are visible on the present map -- the 'Dead Man's Corner', Angoville-au-Plain, the 'Purple Heart Lane', La Billonnerie, 'Bloody Gulch'...
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