Admiral Keth Posted November 16, 2001 Share Posted November 16, 2001 Anyone looking for WWII maps (as well as other historical maps) might want to try here: Department of History Map Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vadr Posted November 16, 2001 Share Posted November 16, 2001 Great site. Thanks much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Murrin Posted November 18, 2001 Share Posted November 18, 2001 Heh, what a coincidence. I have this nifty little (well, not really little) map book from West Point. I think it was for students as it doesn't look like a reference source. It has all the same WWII maps listed at that site. Good maps though, and, if you don't have a copy of my Nifty Little Book of WWII Maps , it'll be a good resource site. Nathanael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott B Posted November 18, 2001 Share Posted November 18, 2001 Yeah, a few of those have been available commercially for quite a while, the "Warfare since 1945" one being the new one available in "paperback." Glad to see them on the web for all to use. The History Department must finally be putting more stuff online-- two years ago all they had was a couple Staff Rides and a breakdown of classes. Now they even have a page of Afghanistan resources, with links to both of Lester Grau's tactical combat studies in .pdf format - those are very good reads for people unfamiliar with the nature of the Soviet war in Afghanistan. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted November 18, 2001 Share Posted November 18, 2001 It is a useful site. But I have a suggestion if anyone is listening. What simulators and historians really need is the 1:50000 map series used in the actual event, based on the French 1922 survey, placed on the web and searchable by place name. I realize that is a much taller order than scanning in a few maps from a standard military reference work. But it is the sort of thing that will make a real difference. You know, right now you can get more detailed maps of the surface of Mars online, than of western Europe c. 1944. That is not an exaggeration, it is the literal truth. Standard atlas sites only have the sort of detail required for the US, through the US geological survey map series. Europe is only covered in detail by contemporary street maps, without topography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogadai Posted November 21, 2001 Share Posted November 21, 2001 CM Players might also appreciate these sites: For paper maps: http://www.gripmaps.com http://www.ign.fr (warning this is in French!) http://www.omnimaps.com For scanned maps, already on CD-ROM, try the IGN site at: http://www.ign.fr/fr/GP/cartes/cederoms/bayo/blocs/BLOC10.html#commander (that URL is specifically for the Normandy series) A general hint about the French site. I use Babel Fish to translate it as my high-school French is pretty rusty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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