{"product_id":"operation-sea-lion","title":"Operation Sea Lion | Folder A: Military geographic information about England","description":"\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003eMilitargeographische Angaben uber England (Military geographic information about England)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003eA collection of German military maps, charts, and booklets prepared in connection with \u003cstrong\u003eOperation Sea Lion\u003c\/strong\u003e (Unternehmen Seelöwe), the planned German invasion of Great Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn the cover:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFolder A       \u003c\/strong\u003e[Editor: This is the folder offered here.]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eFor official use only!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eMilitary-geographic information on England\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eFor London, see Folder B\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e3rd edition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eCompleted on 31 August 1941\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eGeneral Staff of the Army\u003cbr\u003eDepartment for War Maps and Surveying, IV Military Geography\u003cbr\u003eBerlin, 1941\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEight maps, including maps of waterways and canals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo guidebooks, one illustrated with aerial photographs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne guidebook with maps and town details, including population information\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo booklets with town through-plans and related geographic details\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal card case\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo additional guidebooks titled Militärgeographische Angaben über England, Mappe C: Südküste\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial illustrated with aerial photographs, postcards, maps, and related reference information\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003eReference from the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.davidrumsey.com\/luna\/servlet\/detail\/RUMSEY~8~1~274648~90048403:Covers--Mappe-A--Military---Geograp?sort=Pub_Date\"\u003eDavid Rumsey Map Collection\u003c\/a\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\"In preparing to invade Britain, the German military preparations included the production of a series of military\/geographical assessments, showing what might be found by those arriving. This material was also used in a military evaluation of the regions of the British Isles, and considered each from the viewpoint of invasion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\"The full assessment for England and Wales consists of eleven A4 sized folders (numbered 1 to 12, folder 5 was never issued as there was no Sheet 5 in this Ordnance Survey quarter-inch series, hence no German folder). Each contains large scale town plans marked with strategic locations, a book of photographs and a quarter-inch map of the area, each folder titled “Militärgeographische Einzelangaben über England” (Maps of England showing features of military significance) and “Militärgeographische Objektkarten mit Objektbildern” (Maps of military installations with photographs.” Also there are three thick A5 sized folders containing books and maps: Folder A : England and Wales, on a regional basis with numerous photographs and maps; Folder B : London, photographs and maps; and Folder C : Books of coastal photographs to help with selecting invasion beaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\"In addition, there is material on the planned invasion of Ireland - Operation Green (Unternehmen Grün). There are 144 six-inch town maps marked with strategic locations, and almost 1500 black and white photographs. The maps are copies of Ordnance Survey maps, with overprints highlighting sites which the Germans would have considered targets in any invasion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\"Most maps and books are headed: “Nur für den Dienstgebrauch!” (For Official use only.) The maps were arranged in groups, based on the Ordnance Survey Quarter-inch Fourth Edition sheet lines. Thus, each numbered folder has a quarter-inch map of the area, a book of photographs and large scale plans of significant towns. The quarter-inch (1:250,000) maps use an extensive list of purple symbols for industrial sites (e.g. chemicals, waterworks, textiles, electricity) and red symbols for strategic sites (e.g. hospitals, airfields, radio stations, barracks). The large scale plans are usually 1:10,000 scale (metric six-inch), and again are an Ordnance Survey base map with coloured symbols showing sites of military significance such as airports, railway workshops, docks, bridges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\"Such sites are often illustrated in the book of photographs, the captions of which give a map location for each site, and each mapped site gives the book illustration number. The town maps are printed in brown (rather than black), with blue water. The various coloured symbols stand out clearly, are easily seen and are quite striking. The delicate black bridge symbols are especially noticeable and numerous, as are the red boundaries of railway stations and goods yards. Basically, for each town these maps show all locations that the Germans thought to be strategically important. All folders were issued in 1940, 1941 or 1942. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e(Text from David Archer's excellent description of the collection, modified).\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslation of text from the Folder's jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents:\u003cbr\u003e(Changes from the 1st or 2nd edition are noted in brackets)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eText booklet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGazetteer \/ directory of localities\u003cbr\u003e(formerly in the text booklet, now printed as a separate booklet; newly revised and expanded)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePicture booklet: England as a whole\u003cbr\u003e(typical landscape views)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeneral map of Great Britain and Ireland, 1:1,000,000, with sheet index for the special map 1:100,000\u003cbr\u003e(new physical overview map)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMilitary-geographic operations map of England, 1:500,000, southern sheet\u003cbr\u003e(Southern and Central England)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMap: Great Britain and Ireland, railway network, 1:1,000,000, with station directory on the reverse of the map, serving at the same time as a locality index map\u003cbr\u003e(newly revised using documents from Chief Tromp)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBooklet: Station directory for no. 6\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMap: Great Britain, long-distance roads, 1:1,000,000\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMap: Great Britain, overview of bodies of water, 1:1,000,000\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMap: Great Britain, long-distance telephone and telegraph network, 1:1,000,000\u003cbr\u003e(telephone network on front; radio stations on reverse)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMap: Electricity supply of England and Scotland, 1:1,000,000, with directory of major works and their capacity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMap: England, population distribution, 1:1,000,000\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBooklet: City passage \/ through-route plans\u003cbr\u003e(improved and expanded)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso published:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFolder B\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMilitary-geographic information on England, London\u003cbr\u003e(text with pictures, traffic plan 1:50,000, and city plan 1:20,000, 4 sheets, with military-geographic object entries)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFolder C\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCoastal descriptions\u003cbr\u003e(text and picture booklets with map appendices)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSouth coast, with 1st and 2nd supplements, completed 15 Aug. 1940\u003cbr\u003eSouth coast, 3rd supplement, aerial photographs, completed 20 May 1941\u003cbr\u003eEast coast, southern part, completed 30 Aug. 1940\u003cbr\u003eEast coast, northern part, completed 15 Oct. 1940\u003cbr\u003eWest coast, southern part, completed 27 Dec. 1940\u003cbr\u003eWest coast, northern part, completed 28 Feb. 1941\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFurthermore:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMilitary-geographic object maps, 1:250,000, of England, 11 sheets, and related plans of the most important urban areas with military-geographic individual entries at a scale of 1:10,000. Completed February 1941.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn preparation:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew edition of the military-geographic object maps, 1:250,000, of England, 11 folders, in which one large sheet is included. The object map 1:250,000 and the associated plans of the most important urban areas with military-geographic individual entries at a scale of 1:10,000 are combined in each large sheet. Each folder includes a booklet, “Object pictures,” with images of individual objects marked on the large sheets or city plans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssued as completed by 30 September 1941.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping:\u003c\/strong\u003e $25. 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