{"id":514,"date":"2013-09-13T13:21:14","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T12:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chronicles-of-the-luftwaffe.de\/?p=514"},"modified":"2018-05-24T08:56:54","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T07:56:54","slug":"more-historic-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.chronicles-of-the-luftwaffe.de\/?p=514","title":{"rendered":"More Historic Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, I have posted an article about historic maps<\/a> – I have acquired a new set of maps in the past days and thought, I’d share them with you as well.<\/p>\n

\"Schlag<\/a> The first one is called Schlag nach \u00fcber den S\u00fcdosten<\/em> – translates into “Check out the South-East”.<\/p>\n

The map has been issued by the Wehrmacht and dates back to 1941. It is part of a series called Tornisterschrift des Oberkommandos der Wehmacht<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The idea was to provide the regular soldier with information about the countries, the religions, the local customs, etc. in a format small enough to carry around in their backpack which is what “Tornister” in old German means.<\/p>\n

This first one cover the south-eastern part of Europe which – in 1941 and until 1943 – was one of the major theaters of war.<\/p>\n

\"Schlag<\/a>The map covers southern Europe from Prague<\/em> in the North to Tripolis<\/em> in the South and from Sicily<\/em> to Istanbul<\/em>.<\/p>\n

As such, it covers most of Italy<\/em>, all of the Balkans<\/em>, the coastal areas of Libya<\/em> and Egypt<\/em> and the Aegean Sea<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Scale is 1:2.500.000<\/em> and the publisher is Bibliographisches Institut AG., Leipzig<\/em>. A map, handy for someone trying to grasp the locations of the Mediterranean Theater of War and the War in the Balkan.<\/p>\n

Download size is roughly 8MB at 2000 x 3000 Pixel. Stitching and re-coloring worked pretty well as the map is in rather good shape for its age.<\/p>\n

\"Karte<\/a>Next up is the Karte von Westeuropa<\/em> – the Map of Western Europe. It dates back to 1944 and also belongs to the series Tornisterschrift des Oberkommandos der Wehmacht<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The map scale is 1:3.500.000<\/em> and the map covers Europe from 12\u00b0 West to 14\u00b0E and from 36\u00b0 North to 62\u00b0North.<\/p>\n

That includes the coast of North Africa with Algeria<\/em> and Tunisia<\/em>, Spain<\/em> and Portugal<\/em>, France<\/em>, the British Isles<\/em> and Ireland<\/em>, the Netherlands<\/em>, Belgium<\/em>, Luxembourg<\/em>, Switzerland<\/em> as well as Denmark<\/em>. Partially covered are Italy<\/em>, the Deutsche Reich<\/em>, Norway<\/em> and Sweden<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Karte<\/a>The map is particularly interesting as it is providing a single-sheet view on the Western European Theater of Operations and is the perfect addition to the previously mentioned map of South-Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n

Again, the map is available for download, the size is roughly 8MB, the dimensions are 2000 x 3000 pixel.<\/p>\n

Stitching was a bit difficult this time as you can see by the map’s caption. But in general, the quality of the scanned image is above average, also recoloring has worked out nicely.<\/p>\n

There is one final map to cover now – I have missed the Gea \u00dcbersichtskarte Skandinavien<\/em> on eBay a little while ago – and it does not come up very often.<\/p>\n

\"Schlag<\/a>In return, I have gotten yet another one of the Tornisterschriften<\/em>, this time from 1939\/40.<\/p>\n

This one is labeled Schlag nach \u00fcber Skandinavien<\/em>, literally “Check out Scandinavia” although the map itself is titled Nordseel\u00e4nder<\/em> – North Sea Countries.<\/p>\n

It covers the northern European area from 10\u00b0West to 20\u00b0East and from 48\u00b0North to 72\u00b0North.<\/p>\n

The area covered includes parts of Iceland<\/em>, the British Isles<\/em>, Ireland<\/em>, the northern parts of France<\/em>, almost all of the Deutsche Reich<\/em> except for some parts of East Prussia<\/em>, Denmark<\/em>, the low countries<\/em>, Norway<\/em>, Sweden<\/em> and the western parts of Finland<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Schlag<\/a>The map closes the gap my collection has on Northern Europe, especially since the coverage goes up to the area around Banak<\/em> and Kirkenes<\/em>, from where the Luftwaffe was flying their attacks against Murmansk<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This map comes in handy for all operations over the North Sea and the British Isles as well as for the Norwegian Theater of Operations.<\/p>\n

Download size is roughly 8MB, resolution is 2000 x 3000 pixel. Stitching and color correction worked extremely well although the original is in a pretty poor shape.<\/p>\n

As always, I am not providing the full-scale maps but down-sized versions – the originals are 12000 x 8000 pixel and way beyond reasonable download sizes. Still, I hope these maps help those that need access to material of the time, original – although digitalized – from the period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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