Kingfish Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 Just found this cool site. Click on any region that is highlighted in Blue (basically any region that has a coastline). After it zooms in pass the cursor over each red dot to see the location, and how many photos each one has. Now click on a dot and see the great photos. Edit: seems the image link doesn't work, but here is the main link: France coastline 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfedoroff Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 That is neat. Thanks for posting/sharing. (The coast along Dieppe looks like a bad place to land... lots of cliff). Sincerely, Ken [ November 01, 2004, 07:11 PM: Message edited by: kenfedoroff ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindyCity Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 Outstanding photos, thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 Originally posted by kenfedoroff: That is neat. Thanks for posting/sharing. (The coast along Dieppe looks like a bad place to land... lots of cliff). Sincerely, Ken The Commandos seemed to do well there. Of course, the original plan called for airborne troops, but you can't have everything... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holien Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 If you look on the right of the first page you will see a special link for WWII Normandy 60 years on photo's. H 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wings7 Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 Thanks Kingfish, great site! Very helpful for creating scenarios! Any other good map sites? Please let us know! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted November 2, 2004 Author Share Posted November 2, 2004 Maps of WW2 Battlefields 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holien Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 That new web site is great. A really nice well thought out site that helps the designer. Thanks for pointing it out KF. H 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted November 2, 2004 Author Share Posted November 2, 2004 The map of Thury-Harcourt was extremely helpful in my design of the scenario. If you d/l the map you can zoom right in using image preview. Another good one is the Falaise map, which includes St. Lambert-sur-Dives as well as hill 262. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simovitch Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 Kingfish, Those 1:25000 Ardennes maps are identical style (Deutsche werke 1937) to the ones I photcopied from the UC Berkeley Map room about 20 years ago and used for my "Rollbahn A", "HSG B Fighting Withdrawal", and "HSG B Twin Villages Maps". They are truly outstanding pieces of Topographic Mapping. I think I used the Elsenborn and Losheim Quads, just south of Monschau and Schleiden. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holien Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 You just have to love the WWW without this wonderful tool we poor souls sat in the middle of the country (or remote parts of the world) would never get to see such things. H 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted November 2, 2004 Author Share Posted November 2, 2004 You can thank Sir Thomas for e-mailing me the link. He and I are happily bombing each other to hell in Noyers-Bocage. Now, if I could just get a 1:25000 map of that area.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Pilot Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Seeing the shellholes around Pointe du Hoc after 60 years leaves me stunned. Thanks for posting the link, Kingfish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogdan Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Originally posted by Kingfish: ...He and I are happily bombing each other to hell in Noyers-Bocage. Now, if I could just get a 1:25000 map of that area.... Oh oh... ...I may have a modern 1:25000 topo map of Noyers-Bocage... ...does it helps ? :confused: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted November 4, 2004 Author Share Posted November 4, 2004 Originally posted by Bogdan: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Kingfish: ...He and I are happily bombing each other to hell in Noyers-Bocage. Now, if I could just get a 1:25000 map of that area.... Oh oh... ...I may have a modern 1:25000 topo map of Noyers-Bocage... ...does it helps ? :confused: </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogdan Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Ok ! Then I'll check and make a scan for you. I keep you informed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Axe_ Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Reminds me of the story of the Ranger vet who, on returning to Pont du Hoc, looked up at the cliff from below and asked, "Can someone explain to me how the hell we got up there?" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Which side of the point did they land on? The one facing the camera or around in that little bay? The latter would probably have been more protected from the sea, but as near as I can tell, the beach looks more rugged. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leopard_2 Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Given this pic, I'd say the one facing the camera. (Preview for an aerial poster for sale here to give those a credit whose server the pic is on. That's a period aerial shot of D-Day. They also have the other beachheads as aerial posters.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philippe Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 The color photograph looks like it was shot at high tide. There's more beach in the aerial shot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 How could that aerial photo (the B&W) have been taken on D-Day? There doesn't appear to be a cloud anywhere and D-Day was overcast. There's also no smoke or other sign of battle. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargento Garcia Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Eh Michael, what do you thing the difference of the land colours meant? Dark is the green of the grass and the more clear is the shelled area... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted November 5, 2004 Author Share Posted November 5, 2004 Originally posted by Sargento Garcia: Eh Michael, what do you thing the difference of the land colours meant? Dark is the green of the grass and the more clear is the shelled area... That doesn't mean anything. Pointe-du-Hoc was bombed from the air prior to the invasion. That pic could have been taken a week before, or a month after D-Day 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted November 5, 2004 Author Share Posted November 5, 2004 nevermind 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted November 16, 2004 Author Share Posted November 16, 2004 Bump for Bogdan Did you find the map of Noyers-Bocage? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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