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Heute Deutschland! Morgen die Welt! – The Steven Statharos Collection of
German WWII thematic cartography
Contents
Summary
Introduction
Provenance
Glossary
I. Annexation – the End of Appeasement – War \ items 1-5

II. The French Empire \ items 6-17
III. “Fall Gelb” (Case Yellow): the German invasion of the
Low Countries \ items 18-23
IV. The Northern Atlantic Wall \ items 24-32
V. The Brenner Pass \ items 33-36
VI. The Mediterranean \ items 37-46
VII. The North African Campaign \ items 47-57
VIII. The Middle East – Operation Exporter \ items 58-66
IX. The War in the Air \ items 67-76
X. British Isles – Operation Sea Lion \ items 77-101
XI. The Balkans Campaign \ items 102-113
XII. Russia – Operation Barbarossa \ items 114-136
XIII. A Global German Empire \ items 137-149
XIV. The German War on America, WWII \ items 150-152
Heute Deutschland! Morgen die Welt! – The Steven Statharos
Collection of German WWII thematic cartography
The collection comprises 152 items, including some 3504 mapsheets, and approximately
6800 pages of photographs compiled for the Third Reich between 1938 and 1944.
In order to make sense of the collection, the works have been organized by theatre
of war: Beginning with the annexation of the Sudetenland and the invasion of
Poland (items 1-5), before “Fall Gelb” (Case Yellow), the German invasion of the
Low Countries (items 18-23) and, eventually, France (items 6-17). The collection
covers the mapping of “The Northern Atlantic Wall” – the German defensive
positions in Scandinavia (items 24-32); as well as the Alps – including The Brenner
Pass, where Hitler and Mussolini met in 1940 (items 33-36); The Mediterranean
(items 37-46); The Balkans (items 102-113); The British Isles, with Operation Sea
Lion (items 76-101); The North African Campaign (items 46-56); and “Operation
Exporter” in the Middle East (items 58-66). The collection also details Operation
Barbarossa – Hitler’s ill-fated attempt to capture Moscow (items 114-136); and
the lesser known incursions onto American soil: Operations Pastorius and Elster
(items 150-152).
The majority of the maps in the collection were published for use by the German
Army under the ordinance of a permanent General Staff, Generalstab des Heers,
but the war in the air and at sea is also represented with maps for the Luftwaffe
(items 67-76) and the Kriegsmarine (items 151-152).
Heute Deutschland! Morgen die Welt! (Germany today! Tomorrow the world!) was a
popular slogan among the Nazis during their rise to power. Its origin is the lyric
“Denn heute gehört uns Deutschland/Und morgen die ganze Welt” – «Today, Germany
belongs to us/And tomorrow the entire world», from the 1932 song Es zittern die
morschen Knochen («The Frail Bones Tremble») written by Hans Baumann that
became the official marching song of the Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labor Service)
in 1935. This was loosely translated into English as Today Germany, Tomorrow the
World, implying that the Nazis intended to take over the world. The scale of this
ambition is visible in the detail and efficiency of the cartography of the Third Reich,
and was made explicit with a series of maps related to Germany’s projected global
empire (see items 137-149).
The collector, Steven Statharos, is the grandson of a reluctant prison guard and his
prisoner, who met in a Gestapo jail in northern Greece in 1941. The collector’s
mother was the prisoner of, and tortured by, Benjamin Locher, Pastor of the
Evangelic Church of the Rhineland, and chief of the Geheime Feld-Polizei (GFP
– popularly known as the Gestapo) in Greece.
Introduction
The “relationship between warfare and cartography was more intimate in the
twentieth century than in any previous era” (Peter Collier, Warfare and Cartography,
in ‘The History of Cartography, Volume 6: Cartography in the Twentieth
Century’, page 1696).
For centuries, most national mapping agencies have been branches of the military,
but while necessity is the mother of all invention, not all military cartography has
been entirely innovative: why re-invent the wheel, when the Ordnance Survey, or
Michelin have created some of the most detailed topographical and route maps of
Great Britain and Western Europe for you?
Not surprisingly, therefore, the earliest maps published by the German Army for
use in the quest for Empire, were large, topographical, with a scale of 1:100 000,
and derivative, borrowing from a number of, sometimes credited, sources. It is
in the increasing use of extensive over-printing that the maps express a new and
sometimes unique, for the time, obsession: highlighting a very clear road classification,
sometimes also identifying industrial and other installations of military interest. In
the margins, columns of text give a local insight, and an expression of intent, often
in order of priority.
Soon these maps were supplemented by a systematic series of thematic maps, each
focusing on a very particular aspect of the target area; marked and keyed with
unambiguous symbols, for geology, soil type, groundcover, road and rail networks,
telecommunications, population density, ethnicity, political affiliation, military
infrastructure, troop movements, water supply, and so on. The maps are printed on
a range of scales to support planning at a strategic, tactical and combat level.
“Military thematic maps had been introduced during World War I, but during
World War II there was an enormous increase in their range and type. Germany
pioneered the extensive production of thematic maps. A military geological service
had been re-established in 1937, and the geologists were trained in the light of
World War I experiences. Some four hundred military geologists were employed,
far more than in either the U.S. or the British army” (Collier, page 1778).
The more than 600 separate ‘Militärgeographische Einzelangaben’ mapsheets,

representing about 70 % of the Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen
production to 1944, were published from 1938. They were issued almost simultaneously
with the German army’s relentless march across Europe and North Africa, with a
ruthless efficiency and method. The collection begins with a small but not at all
insignificant book of town plans for Czechoslovakia, and culminates in the
‘Landerweise Zusammenstellung aller Karten und Mil-Geo-Arbeiten’, which
includes 130 folding index maps, encompassing almost the entire world.
Provenance
Each of the items in this collection carries the printed warning: “Nur fur den
Dienstgebauch!” – For Official Use Only. Many were also designated “GEHEIM”,
SECRET. However, very few of the maps in this collection have seen any active use:
one or two have been designated “CAPTURED MAP”; some have been annotated,
in a German hand, as having been officially received; some bear the official ink stamp
of the Third Reich, an eagle clutching by its talons a swastika within a wreath; or
other stamps of official departments, like the Kriegsmarine, and not surprisingly,
the “Mil. Geo. A[bteilung] Bibliothek”. Many more bear the ink stamps of other
contemporary German libraries: the Bundesarchiv Militarchiv Amtsdrucksachen,
the Zentrale Kartensammlung.
At the end of WWII, the Berlin Document Center (BDC), was created to centralize
the collection of documents from the Third Reich, which were needed in preparation
for the Nuremberg Trials. Some were rescued by the US Counter Intelligence Corps
(CIC) Agents at a paper mill in Friemann, Germany, where they had been shipped
by German officials to be pulped. Others were shipped to “the safety of a deep potash
mineshaft in Heringen (Werra), in Hessen, Germany. A group of US Army soldiers
found these lost records of the Third Reich. When removed from the Heringen
mine, those records that dealt with the earth sciences, terrain analysis, military
geology and other geological matters were sent to the USGS (US Geological
Survey)” (R. Lee Hadden, ‘The Heringen Collection of the US Geological Survey,
Reston, Virginia). Other documents were forwarded to more relevant American
institutions, such as the “Army Map Service Map Library” in Washington, DC.
A large proportion of the Militargeographische packets in this collection bear the
ink stamp of the Heringen Collection, the subsequent ink stamps of the AMSML,
and the library labels of the Pentagon library, who deaccessioned much of their
map archive after 9/11.
Glossary
The majority of the maps in this collection were published for use by the German
Army under the ordinance of a permanent General Staff. Generalstab des Heers.
The department, or Abteilung, that actually produced the maps was the Abteilung
fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen, sometimes abbreviated to Gen St d H Abt f
Kr u Verm.
Special editions of maps of foreign countries are often described as Sonderausgaben
Militargeographische packets, or dossiers, sometimes abbreviated to Mil,- Geo.-,

gather together a myriad of information and present it in a specifically designed
wallet or slipcase, as: a military intelligence book, Textheft; military intelligence
photographic book, Bildheft; a town directory, Ortschaftsverzeichnis; a book of town
and city plans, Stadtdurchfahrtplane; and a variety of maps, Karte/s.
Over time, the content of the Militargeographische changed, and were issued in
new editions, or Auflage. Sometimes more than one Militargeographische was
issued for a large geographical area, as MAPPE. For example, for the British Isles,
Grossbritannien, three MAPPE, were issued:
- MAPPE A : a collection of maps mostly related to England, but also to Scotland

and Ireland.
- MAPPE B : large-scale city plan of London.
- MAPPE C : maps and photographs of the coastline.
Kartes may be essentially the same map, but over-printed, or reduced to show very
specific information. Such as, topography, geology, groundcover, road and rail
networks, telecommunications, population density, ethnicity, political affiliation,
military infrastructure, and so on.
Detailed records of all the Militargeographische, MAPPE, and Kartes were published
periodically in a portfolio of indices and key-maps, as Planheft.
The Abteilung responsible for producing maps useful to the German Airforce,
Luftwaffe, was the Oberbefhlshaver der Luftwaffe. They published information for
pilots in Orientierungsheft.
Annexation - the End of Appeasement - War
I OBERKOMMANDO DES Czechoslovakia

HEERES; and GENERALSTAB
DES HEERES ABTEILUNG
The German occupation of Czechoslovakia began with the German annexation of
FUR KRIEGSKARTEN UND
VERMESSUNGSWESEN the Sudetenland in October of 1938, as agreed between Nazi Germany, the United
Kingdom, France and Italy at Munich. By the middle of March of 1939, German
Documents and maps related troops had marched into Czechoslovakia, taking over Bohemia, and made a protectorate
to the German invasion of
of Slovakia; essentially tearing up the Munich Agreement.
Czechoslovakia and Poland
in 1939, and subsequent
occupation. 1. ‘Durchfahrtsplane von Orten in der Tschechoslowakei’. Berlin: Oberommando
des Heeres, 1938. 8vo., 71 pages of colour printed town plans, large folding map in
Publication
Berlin, 1st July and 9th August, 1939; pocket at end; original green printed cloth wrappers.
26th July, 1944.
Map at end:
1. ‘Prague (Praha)’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 13 000,
with directory on verso.
Poland
The German invasion of Poland, on the 1st of September, 1938, followed closely
by the Russian invasion on the 17th of September, marks the beginning of World
War II.
2. ‘Die Polnische Landesbefestigung. Stand vom 15.6.1939. Einzelangaben’. Berlin:

Oberkommando des Heeres, Generalstab des Heeres, 1. July, 1939. 8vo.,
22 leaves of text, 9 leaves of diagrams, some folding, 14 leaves of photographs;
original red printed paper wrappers, metal prong fastener, worn.
Provenance: early inscriptions on the title-page; with the ink library stamp of the
Bundesarchiv Militararchiv Amtsdrucksachen, deaccessioned; with the shelfmark
of the Pentagon library.
A detailed description of Poland’s defence systems on the eve of the German invasion.
3. ‘Stadt=Durchfahrten in Polen und Danzig (Skizzen). Berlin: Generalstad des

Heeres, 9 Ubt., 1939. 8vo., 43 pages of town plans, folding uncoloured map of
Poland, large colour printed folding map ‘Industrieubersicht Polen’ loosely inserted
as issued.
Provenance: with a contemporary inscription on the title-page in German, dated

August, 1939.
A book of town plans for Poland, issued on the eve of the German invasion. The
large Industry map shows targets across Poland, including electric plants, coal mines,
metalworks, mineral deposits, rubber factories, armaments factories, gas refineries.
4. ‘Planheft Osteuropa ehemals Polnischer Raum. Vom 26. Juli 1944’. [Berlin:
Oberkommando des Heeres, 1944]. Portfolio. 22 leaves of text, 12 large folding
index/guide maps, 10 full-page index maps; original green printed paper over
paste-board, laced as issued.
Provenance: Early military ink library stamp; inscription dated 1961 on the front cover.
A guide to interpreting the German army’s maps of the area previously known as
Poland, annexed in 1939.
Lithuania
Before Germany invaded Poland in September of 1938, it had signed a German-

Soviet Nonagression Pact with Russia. A secret protocol divided Central and Eastern
Europe into spheres of influence: Lithuania was to come under German control.
However, when Germany did invade Poland a month later, they assumed control
of the Lublin Volvodeship and Warsaw Volvodeships, which were officially Russian.
In compensation Lithuania was transferred to Russia.
5. ‘Militargeographische Beschreibung von Litauen und dem Memlgebiet. Abgeschlossen

am 15. Februar 1939’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres 9. Abteilung, 1939. 8vo.,
109 pages of text, 2 large folding maps in pocket at end, 20 pages of photographs;
original red printed paper boards, rebacked with black tape.
Provenance: with official ink stamps of the Third Reich; with the early accession
stamps and labels of the Pentagon Library, deaccessioned after 9/11.
Maps at end:
1. ‘Militargeographischen karte von Litauen und dem Memelgebiet’. Very large
folding colour printed map, with overprinting. 1 : 400 000. Comprehensive
topographical map, highlighting landmarks of particular interest, with text panels
outlining objectives.
Provenance: heavily annotated by early American researchers.
2. ‘Politische Gliederung, Bevolkerungsdichte und Nationalitatenverteilung in

Litauen’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 750 000. Showing political affiliation,
population density and ethnicity.
The French Empire
II GENERALSTAB DES HEERES After Germany’s invasion of Poland in September of 1939, Hitler set his sights on
ABTEILUNG KRIEGSKARTEN Western Europe, with the specific intent of conquering France. On the 10th of
UND VERMESSUNGSWESEN
May, 1940, Germany invaded Belgium, the Netherlands and France. By June the
The ‘Planheft’ and a collection of 22nd France had signed an armistice with Germany, and the following day Hitler
‘Militargeographische’ packets entered Paris.
for France, Paris and Corsica.
Publication 6. ‘Planheft Frankreich. 3. Ausgabe. Vom 3. Januar 1944’. Berlin: Oberkommando
Berlin, 30th January 1940 – January 1944.
des Heeres, 3rd Januar, 1944. Portfolio. 47 pages of text, 33 two-colour printed
maps, some folding; original green printed cloth and paper boards, laced as issued.
Third edition.
MAPPE A – Part I
7. ‘Militargeographische Beschreibung von Frankreich. Teil I: Nordost-Frankreich.
Landesbeschreibung, Bilderbeilage und Sonderkarten.(Strassenkarten und
Stadtdurchfahrtplane in Mappe B) (Wirtschaftskarten in Mappe C). Abgeschloseen
29. Februar 1940. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskaren und
Vermessungswesen, 1940. Original blue printed stiff paper wallet.
Contents:
1. ‘Militargeographische Beschreibung von Frankreich...’. 8vo., 125 pages of text,
one folding two-colour printed map; original green printed paper wrappers.
2. ‘... Landschaftsbilder...’. 8vo., 103 pages of photographs; original white printed
paper wrappers.
3. ‘Nordost-Frankreich Ubersicht und Landschaftsgliederung’. Large folding
colour printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 750 000.
4. ‘Nordost-Frankreich: Hauptbodenarten’. Large two-colour printed map, with
over-printing. 1 : 1 000 000. Showing the main soil types.
5. ‘Nordost-Frankreich: Politische Gliederung’. Large folding two-colour printed
map, with over-printing. 1 : 1 000 000. Showing political divisions.
6. ‘Nordost-Frankreich: Bevolkerung’. Large folding two-colour printed map, with
over-printing. 1 : 1 000 000. Showing population density, and with gazetteer on verso.
7. ‘Gewasserabschnitte Nordost-Frankreich’. Large folding colour printed map,
with over-printing. 1 : 500 000. Topographical map concentrating on waterways.
8. ‘Eisenbahnnetz Nordost-Frankreich’. Large folding two-colour printed map,
with over-printing. 1 : 750 000. The railway network, with gazetteer on verso.
9. ‘Wehrgeologische Uberscichteskarte von Flandern, Artois, Oberboulonnais und
Niederboulonnais’. Large folding colour printed map 1 : 300 000. A geological
map for the entire region.
MAPPE A - Part II - Not present
MAPPE A
8. ‘Militargeographische Beschreibung von Frankreich. Teil III: Sudost-Frankreich.
Landesbeschreibung, Bilderbeilage und Sonderkarten.(Strassenkarten und
Stadtdurchfahrtplane in Mappe B) (Wirtschaftskarten in Mappe C). Abgeschloseen
12. Juni 1940. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskaren und
Contents:
1. ‘Militargeographische Beschreibung von Frankreich...’. 8vo., 106 pages of text;
original green printed paper wrappers.
2. ‘... Landschaftsbilder...’. 8vo., 189 pages of photographs; original white printed
paper wrappers.
3. ‘Sudost-Frankreich Ubersicht und Landschaftsgliederung’. Large folding colour
printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 750 000.
4. ‘Sudost-Frankreich: Politische Gliederung’. Large folding two-colour printed
map, with over-printing. 1 : 1 000 000. Showing political divisions.
5. ‘Sudost-Frankreich: Bevolkerung’. Large folding two-colour printed map, with
over-printing. 1 : 1 000 000. Showing population density, and with gazetteer on verso.
6. ‘Gewasserabschnitte Sudost-Frankreich’. Large folding colour printed map,
with over-printing. 1 : 500 000. Topographical map concentrating on waterways.
7. ‘Eisenbahnnetz Sudost-Frankreich’. Large folding two-colour printed map, with
over-printing. 1 : 750 000. The railway network, with gazetteer on verso.
8. ‘Sudost-Frankreich: Fernsprech- und Telegraphennetz’. Large folding uncoloured
map 1 : 1 000 000. Telephone and telegraph networks.
9. ‘Zusammenstellung der bisher erschienenen Teile der Militargeographische
Beschreibung von Frankreich’. Singe sheet listing the maps that have been printed
in this series so far. 18th June, 1940.
10. Small printed notice of two maps not yet completed in the series.
MAPPE B – Part I
Strassenkarten und Stadtdurchfahrtplane. (Landesbeschreibung, Bilderbeilagen
und Sanderkarten in Mappe A) (Wirtschaftskarten in Mappe C). Abgeschlossen
30. Januar 1940’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskaren und
Contents:
1. ‘Strassenkarte von Nordostfrankreich’. 10 large folding uncoloured lithographed
road maps with extensive over-printing. 1: 200 000
1: Boulogne-Lille
2: LeHavre-Amiens
3: Arras-Mezieres
4: Caen-Paris
5: Paris-Reims
6: Verdun-Weissenburg
7: Paris-Chaumont
8: Chaumont-Strassburg
9: Auxerre-Dijon
10: Dijon-Mulhausen
2. ‘Frankreich Strassenausbau (Stand 1939) und Ubersicht zu den Strassenkarten
1 : 200 000’. Large folding colour printed maps, with over-printing. Roadmap of
the entire region.
3. ‘Stadtdurchfahrtplane Nordost=Frankreich’. Berlin: 1939. 8vo., 173 pages of
two-colour printed town plans, folding uncoloured map, large folding colour printed
map of Paris and environs in pocket at end; original grey printed cloth wrappers.
MAPPE B – Part II
10. ‘Militargeographische Beschreibung von Frankreich. Teil II: Nordwest-Frankreich.
Strassenkarten und Stadtdurchfahrtplane. Abgeschlossen 15. Mai 1940’. Berlin:
Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskaren und Vermessungswesen, 1940.
Original blue printed stiff paper wallet.
Contents:
1. ‘Strassenkarte von Nordwestfrankreich’. 10 large folding uncoloured lithographed
11: Cherbourg-Rouen
12: Brest-Quimper
13: St. Brieuc-Rennes (worn and stained)
14: Le Mans-Paris
15: Vannes-Angers
16: Angers-Orleans
17: Nantes-Poitiers
18: Niort-Chateauroux
the entire region.
3. ‘Stadtdurchfahrtplane Nordost=Frankreich’. Berlin: 1939. 8vo., 112 pages of
two-colour printed town plans, folding colour printed map; original brown
printed cloth wrappers.
MAPPE B – Part III

Strassenkarten und Stadtdurchfahrtplane. (Landesbeschreibung, Bilderbeilagen und
Sanderkarten) (Wirtschaftskarten in Mappe C). Abgeschlossen 15 Mai 1940’.
Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskaren und Vermessungswesen,
1940. Original pale green printed stiff paper wallet.
Contents:
1. ‘Strassenkarte von Sudostfrankreich’. 10 large folding uncoloured lithographed
19: Bourges-macon
20: Beaune-Evian
21: Clermont-Fd.-Lyon
22: Lyon-Genf
23: Aurillac-St. Etienne
24: Valence-Grenoble
25: Rodez-Nimes
26: Avignon-Digne
27: Carcassonne-Nimes
28: Marseille-Menton
the entire region, early repair to one corner.
3. ‘Sudost=Frankreich Stadtdurchfahrtplane’. Berlin: 1940. 8vo., 134 pages of
two-colour printed town plans, folding colour printed map; original grey printed
cloth wrappers.
MAPPE B - Part IV
12. ‘Militargeographische Beschreibung von Frankreich. Teil IV: Sudwest-Frankreich.
Strassenkarten und Stadtdurchfahrtplane. Abgeschlossen 20 Mai 1940’. Berlin:
Original blue printed stiff paper wallet, front cover detached.
Provenance: with the ink library stamp of the National Library of Technology,
Prague, throughout.
Contents:
the entire region.
2. ‘Strassenkarte von Sudostfrankreich’. 10 large folding uncoloured lithographed
29: La Rochelle-Bordeaux
30: Angouleme-Limoges
31: Bordeaux-Tulle
32: Bordeaux-Biarritz
33: Bordeaux-Montaubon
34: Pau-Toulouse
35: Biarritz-Luchon
36: Luchon-Perpignon
3. ‘Stadtdurchfahrtplane Sudwest=Frankreich’. Berlin: 1940. 8vo., 71 pages of
two-colour printed town plans, some folding, folding colour printed map; original
grey printed cloth wrappers.
MAPPE C – Part I
Wirtschaftskarten (Landschaftsbeschreibung, Bilderbeilagen und 9 Sanderkarten in
Mappe A, Strassenkarten und Stadtdurchfahrtplane in Mappe B). Abgeschlossen
30. Januar 1940’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskaren und
Vermessungswesen, 1940. Original blue printed stiff paper wallet, damaged.
Contents:
1. ‘Nordost-Frankreich: Wirtschaftskarten’. Large folding colour printed map.
1 : 1 000 000.
2. ‘Industrie Nordfrankreich’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 200 000.
3. Not present.
4. ‘Industrie Lothringen’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 200 000.
5. ‘Industrie Lothringen Stadtplane’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 200 000.
6. Not present.
7. ‘Industrie Paris Nordwest’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
1 : 20 000.
8. ‘Industrie Paris NordOSst’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
1 : 20 000.
9. ‘Industrie Paris Sudwest’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
1 : 20 000.
10. ‘Industrie Paris Sudost’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
1 : 20 000.
11. Not present.
12. ‘Elektrizitatskarte von Ostfrankreich’. Large colour printed folding map.
1 : 400 000.
MAPPE C – Part III
Wirtschaftskarten (Landschaftsbeschreibung, Bilderbeilagen und Sanderkarten in
Mappe A, Strassenkarten und Stadtdurchfahrtplane in Mappe B). Abgeschlossen
5 Juni 1940’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskaren und
Contents:
1. ‘Industrie Franche=Comte (Doubs-Haute-Saone Terrtorium de Belfort). Large
folding lithographed map with extensive over-printing. 1 : 200 000.
2. ‘Industrie Savoyen’. Large folding lithographed map with extensive over-
printing. 1 : 200 000.
3. ‘Industrie Isere’. Large folding lithographed map with extensive over-printing.
1 : 200 000.
4. ‘Industrie Rhone’. Large folding lithographed map with extensive over-printing.
1 : 320 000.
5. ‘Industrie Loire’. Large folding lithographed map with extensive over-printing.
1 : 200 000.
6. ‘Industrie Rhone Maritime’. Large folding lithographed map with extensive
over-printing. 1 : 200 000.
7. ‘Industrie Marseille’. Large folding lithographed map with extensive over-
printing. 1 : 15 000.
8. ‘Sudost-Frankreich: Wirtschaftsubersicht’. Large folding lithographed map
with extensive over-printing. 1 : 1 000 000. Showing land-use and industrial sites.
15. ‘Stadtplan von Paris in 4 Blattern Masstab 1 : 20 000’. Berlin: Generalstab des
Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskaren und Vermessungswesen, 1940. Original blue
stiff printed paper wallet.
Contents:
1. ‘Paris – Nordost’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
Northeastern suburbs of Paris.
2. ‘Paris – Nordwest’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
Northwestern suburbs of Paris.
3. ‘Paris – Sudost’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
Southeastern suburbs of Paris.
4. ‘Paris – Sudwest’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
Southwestern suburbs of Paris.
Printed in 1940, but no month given, the Germany army entered Paris on June
14th, of that year and remained there until Liberation in August, 1944.
16. ‘Militargeographische Beschreibung der Insel Korsika. Bearbeitet von der Mil.
Geo.-Dienststelle beim Militarbefelshaber in Frankreich. Abgescholossen am
30.April 1941’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskaren und
Vermessungswesen, 1941. 8vo., 37 pages of text including 4 full-page maps, one
folding colour printed road map at end, 2 folding colour printed maps in pocket
at end; original pale blue printed paper wrappers.
Italian forces occupied Corsica from November 1942 until Mussolini’s imprisonment
in July 1943. German troops officially took control of the island in September of
that year, but were ousted by Allied Italian troops and a fierce Resistance.
17. ‘Durchgangigkeit der Pyrenaen: uebersichtskarte... Stand 1.9.1943’. [Berlin:

Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskaren und Vermessungswesen], 1943.
Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 1 000 000.
General topographical map of the Pyranees. The main escape route into Northern
Spain from France, for all those fleeing the conflict in Northern Europe.
“Fall Gelb” (Case Yellow): the German invasion of the
Low Countries
III GENERALSTAB DES The German army invaded Belgium and the Netherlands on the same day: 10th
HEERES ABTEILUNG FUR May, 1940. The attacks were part of a larger strategy, known as “Fall Gelb” (Case
KRIEGSKARTEN UND
Yellow), to conquer France, which they attacked at the same time. German forces
VERMESSUNGSWESEN
hoped to bypass the main line of French defense at their eastern border by going
The ‘Planheft’s and a collection through the Belgium and the Netherlands.
‘Militargeographische’ packets After only five days of battle, the Netherlands capitulated to Germany, on
for Belgium and the Netherlands.
the 15th of May. Belgium, Luxembourg and parts of France soon followed. By the
Publication summer of 1940, almost all of Western Europe was under German control.
Berlin, 20th October 1939 – 27th June 1944.
Belgium
18. ‘Planheft Belgien. 2. Ausgabe. Vom 27. Januar 1944’. [Berlin]: Chef des Kriegskarten-
und Vermessungswesens, 27. Januar 1944. Portfolio. 40 pages of text, 18 two-colour
printed folding maps, 6 full-page maps, general key map of France and the Netherlands
loosely inserted; original green printed paper boards, laced as issued.
Provenance: with the ink library stamp of the Bundesarchiv Militararchiv

Amtsdrucksachen and their manuscript accession marks; and with the shelfmarks
and library labels of the Pentagon Library, deaccessioned after 9/11.
19. ‘Militargeographischer Uberlick uber Belgien und angrenzende Gebiete.

Abgeschlossen 20. Oktober 1939’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heers Abteilung fur
Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen, 1939. Original orange stiff paper wallet.
Provenance: with the ink stamps of the Third Reich and official departments; with
the near-contemporary official ink stamp assigning the wallet and contents to
Ernst Martin ‘A.S.N. 32316955’.
Contents:
1. ‘Militargeographischer Uberlick uber Belgien und angrenzende Gebiete.
Abgeschlossen 20. Oktober 1939’. 8vo., 76 pages of text including full-page maps,
folding map at end; original green printed paper wrappers.
2. ‘Landschaftersbilder aus Belgien den sudlichen Niederlande und Luxemburg’.
8vo., 48 pages of photographs; 8vo., original white printed paper wrappers.
3. ‘Stadt=Durchfahrten in Belgien und angrenden Gebieten’. 8vo., 107 pages of
town plans, printed on different coloured sheets of paper, and including 4 folding
maps; original brown cloth wrappers.
4. ‘Bodenarten: Niederlander, Belgien, und Luxemburg’. Large folding colour printed
map, with over-printing. 1 : 1 110 000. Soil composition map of the entire region.
5. ‘Landschaftsgliederung: Niederlander, Belgien, und Luxemburg’. Large folding
colour printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 1 110 000. Geological map of the
entire region.
6. ‘Ubersichtskarte der Gewasserabschnittein Belgien und den angerenenden
Gebieten’. Large folding two-colour printed map. 1: 500 000. Overview of the
waterways extending beyond the boundaries.
7. ‘Karte des Nordbelgischen Kanalsystems und des Julianakanals mit ubergangen
und Schleusen’. Large folding uncoloured map. 1 : 160 000. Map of the canal system.
8. Not present - water and altitude.
9. ‘Fernsprech – und Telegrahennetz von Belgien und Luxemburg – Stand vom:
10.10.39 (nach den bisher vorliegenden Unterlagen).’ Large folding uncoloured
map. 1 : 400 000. Communications network.
10. ‘Belgien. Stand: Juli 1939. Strassenzustandskarte’. Large folding uncoloured
map, with over-printing. 1 : 300 000.
11. ‘Strassenausbau Zusammendruck 1 : 300 000 Belgien’. Large folding colour
printed map, with over-printing. Showing transport routes extending beyond the
Belgian border.
MAPPE B – Second edition

20. ‘Militargeographische Uberlick uber Belgien und angrenzende Gebiete. 2 Auslage.
Strassenkarten und Stadtdurchfahrtplane. Abeschlossen 20. Januar 1940’. Berlin:
Generalstab des Heers Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen, 1940.
Original orange printed stiff paper wallet.
Contents:
1. Stadt=Durchfahrten in Belgien und angrenzenden Gebieten’. Berlin, 1939.
‘Stadt=Durchfahrten in Belgien und angrenden Gebieten’. 8vo., 107 pages of town
plans, printed on different coloured sheets of paper, and including 4 folding maps;
original brown cloth wrappers.
2. ‘Strassenkarte von Belgien’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing,
on 4 sheets:
1: Antwerpen-Rotterdam
2: Brussel-Ostende
3: Brussel-Luttich (Liege)
4: Mons-Luxemburg
Brussels
21. ‘Militargeographische Einzelangaben uber Belgien-Frankreich. Blatt 5 Marbeuge-

Brussel: Stadtplan Brussel’ (recto);Town plans of ‘Tirlemont’, ‘Maubeuge’, ‘Mons’,
‘Namur’, ‘La Louviere’, ‘Lowen’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
1 : 20 000 (recto0. [Berlin: Generalstab des Heers Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und
Vermessungswesen], November, 1943.
The Netherlands
22. ‘Planheft Niederland. Vom 6. Dezember 1943’. Portfolio. 41 pages of text, 7 folding
index maps, 32 full-page; original green printed paper boards, laced as issued.
23. [Militargeographischer Uberlich uber die Niederlande. Abgeschlossen am

20.11.1939’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heers Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und
Vermessungswesen, 1940]. Original buff paper wallet with type-written contents
label on front cover, tape repairs.

Amtsdrucksachen and their manuscript accession marks.
Contents:
1. Militargeographischer Uberlich uber die Niederlande’. 8vo., 115 pages of text,
one folding map; original green printed paper wrappers.
2. ‘Verwaltungskarte der Niederlande’. Large folding two-colour printed map,
library stamp excised. 1 : 300 000. Outlining administrative regions.
3. ‘Strassenkarte Niederlande. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing,
in 3 sheets. 1 : 200 000. Road map, or North, South and Middle Netherlands.
4. Not present - waterways
5. ‘Landschaftsgliederung: Niederlande, Belgien und Luxemburg’. Large folding
colour printed map, with over-printing, library stamp excised. 1 : 1 110 000.
Geological map.
6. ‘Bodenarten: Niederlande, Belgien und Luxemburg’. Large folding colour printed
map, with over-printing, library stamp excised. 1 : 1 110 000. Soil composition.
7. ‘Landschaftsbilder aus den Niederlanden’. Berlin, 1939. 8vo., 48 pages of
photographs; original white printed paper wrappers, library stamp excised from
front cover.
Belgium was liberated from German occupation by the beginning of February,

1945. But it was only after the complete surrender of all German forces on the
5th of May, 1945, that the Netherlands was also liberated.
The Northern Atlantic Wall
IV GENERALSTAB DES German forces invaded Norway and Denmark in April of 1940, giving them
HEERES ABTEILUNG FUR harbours from which to patrol the North Atlantic, and access to the iron ore mines
KRIEGSKARTEN UND
of Sweden. The country remained occupied by Germany until the capitulation of
VERMESSUNGSWESEN
May 1945.
‘Planheft’ and a collection of Anticipating an Allied invasion of mainland Europe, between 1942 and 1944,
‘Militargeographische’ packets Germany constructed extensive fortifications and other coastal defence systems
for Norway, Denmark, Finland
along more than 3000 miles of northwest coastline.
and Sweden.
Publication
Berlin, 12th April 1940 – 1st February 1944.
24. Zusammenfassende Darstellung der geographischen Bedingungen fur die
Verteidigung der Kusten Nordwest-Europas. 2. Ausgabe August 1943’. Berlin:
Folio. 33 leaves of text, 3 folding maps, 8 full-page maps; original red printed
paper wrappers, lacking large folding map from pocket at end.
Provenance: with the ink stamps of the ‘Mil Geo A Bibliothek’; and with the early
accession stamps of the Pentagon Library, deaccessioned after 9/11.
Second edition of a comprehensive survey for the defense of the northwest coasts
of Norway, Denmark and Finland.
Norway
MAPPE B
25. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber Skandinavien: Norway. Abgeschlossen am
12. 4. 1940’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskaren und
Vermessungswesen, 1940. Original tan printed stiff paper wallet.
Provenance: with official ink stamp of the Kriegsmarine, dated 1940, on the front cover.
Contents:
1. ‘Norwegen Einszellandschaften, Gewasser und Verkehrskunstbauten, mit Bildern.
Anlage zu Mil-Geo-Angaben Uber Skandinvaien v. 12.4.40’. 8vo., 85 pages of
text illustrated with photographs throughout, one large colour printed folding
map of Scandinavia at end; original tan printed paper wrappers.
2. ‘Ortschafts-Verzeichnis Norwegen... 2. Ertweiterte Auslage’. 8vo., 37 pages of
text; original tan printed paper wrappers. Town directory.
3. ‘Norwegen Stadtplane im Kleinformat Sammelheft...’. 8vo., 26 colour printed
folding and double-page town plans; original tan printed paper wrappers.
4. ‘Stadtplane... Bergen, Drammen, Stavanger, Trondheim’. 4 large folding colour
printed maps. 1 : 10 000, lacking ‘Oslo’; original tan printed paper chemise.
5. ‘Stradtdurchfahrtplane’. 2 volumes. 8vo., large folding colour printed map,
23 two-colour printed town plans in volume one; 17 uncoloured town plans in
volume 2; original tan printed paper wrappers.
26. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber Norwegen...’. [Berlin]: Mil Geo-Gruppe
Norwegen, 1942. 3 volumes. Original red printed paper wrappers. (As below).
Provenance: with the ink library stamp of the ‘Mil Geo A Bibliothek’; and later
official American library accession marks, dated 1957.
A. ‘... Allgemeine Ubersicht Dient zur allgameinen Unterrichtung uber das
gesamte Gebiet. Mit Kertenmappe’. Folio. 79 pages of mimeographed text,
16 full-page mimeographed maps. Marked “pruf ”, number 001468.
Providing a general overview for all Norway.
B. ‘... Einzellandschaftern und Spitzbergen’. Folio. 187 pages of mimeographed

text, 2 pages of maps. Marked “pruf ”, number 00538. A detailed examination of
the western coast of Norway and Spitzbergen.
C. ‘... Einzelangaben. Folio. 155 pages of text, 3 pages of maps. Marked “pruf ”,
number 00576. Town directory.
27. ‘Eingehende Einzeldarstellung der geographischen Bedingungen fur die Verteidigung

der Kusten Norwegens. Kartenmappe zum Hauptband. Abgeschlossen: 1. Februar
1944’. [Berlin]: Herausgegeben von OKH, Gen St d H, Abt f Kr Kart u Verm
Wes (IV, Mil Geo)., [1944]. Original red printed stiff paper folder.
Provenance: library stamps erased from the folder and excised from the maps.
Contents:
1. ‘Ubersichteskarte Skandinavien –Nord... zur “Eingehenden Einzeldarstellung
der geographischen Bedingungen fur die Verteidigung der Kusten Norwegens”’.
Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 1 000 000. Detailing the
natural and manmade defenses of the coast of Norway.
2. ‘Ubersichteskarte Skandinavien –Sud... zur “Eingehenden Einzeldarstellung der
geographischen Bedingungen fur die Verteidigung der Kusten Norwegens”’.
Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 1 000 000
3. ‘Strassenzustandskarte von Norwegien (Sud-Blatt)’. Large folding colour
printed map. 1 : 1 000 000. Topographical map showing the main roads.
4. ‘Strassenzustandskarte von Norwegien (Nord-Blatt)’. Large folding colour
printed map. 1 : 1 000 000. Topographical map showing the main roads.
5. ‘Kusten Norwegens, Gelandebeurteilungsskizze’. Large colour printed folding
map in 8 sheets. 1 : 300 000. Showing terrain.
Denmark
28. ‘Planheft Danemark (einschl. Island, Faroer und Gronland). 2. Neubearbeitete

Auflage’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskaren und
Vermessungswesen, 1942. Folio. 43 pages of text, 50 maps, some folding; original
green printed paper boards.
29. ‘Eingehende Einzeldarstellung der geographischen Bedlingungen fur die Verteidigung
der danischen Weskuste. Bildanhang. Abgeschlossen Mai 1943’. Berlin: Generalstab
des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskaren und Vermessungswesen, 1943. Folio. 107
pages of photographs; original red printed paper wrappers, with typed label on the
front cover “Arbeits – Exemplar”, ie working copy.
Finland
During WWII, Finland fought bitterly for its independence, first against an
invasion by the Russians (1939-1940); then with the Axis powers against the
Russians (1941-1944); and finally against Germany (1944-1945).
MAPPE A
30. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber Finnland. Stadtplane’. [Berlin: Generalstab
des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskaren und Vermessungswesen], 1941. Original
buff printed paper chemise.
Contents:
1. ‘Stadtplan Helsinki (Helsingfors)’, recto; ‘Umgebung van Helsinki’. Large
folding colour printed map on either side of the sheet: 1 : 10 000 and 1 : 25 000.
Detailed city plan of Helsinki and environs.
2. ‘Stadtplan Tampere (Tammerfors)’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 10 000.
3. ‘Stadtplan Turku’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 10 000.
MAPPE B
31. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber Finnland Mappe B Strassenkarten und
Stadtdurchfahrtplane. Abgeschlossen am 15. Januar 1941’. Berlin: Generalstab des
Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskaren und Vermessungswesen, 1941. Original printed
tan stiff paper wallet.
Contents:
1. ‘Finnland: Ubersichtskarte. Strassenubersicht’. Large folding colour printed
map, with over-printing. 1 : 1 000 000. General topographical map, over-printed
with major roadways.
2. ‘Finnland Strassenkarte’. Large folding colour printed map, on 12 sheets. 1 : 200 000.
3. ‘Stadtdurchfahrtplane Finnland (einschliesslich der 1940 an Russland abgetretenen
Gebiete)’. 8vo., 48 pages of colour printed town plans; original tan printed paper wrappers.
Sweden
Sweden remained neutral throughout WWII, although it sold iron ore to Germany,
and during Operation Barbarossa, it allowed the German army to use its railway
network to transport troops and weapons from Norway to Finland. In 1944-1945
it allowed the Allied forces to use its airbases.
MAPPE C
32. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber Skandinavien: Schweden. Abgeschlossen am
1. 8. 1940’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskaren und
Vermessungswesen, 1940. Original tan printed stiff paper wallet.
Provenance: with manuscript accession marks on the front cover.
Contents:
1. ‘Schweden Einszellandschaften, Gewasser und Verkehrskunstbauten, mit Bildern.
Anlage zu Mil-Geo-Angaben Uber Skandinvaien Abgeschlossen 8. 5. 1940. 8vo.,
166 pages of text illustrated with photographs throughout, one large colour printed
folding map of Scandinavia at end; original tan printed paper wrappers.
2. ‘Ortschaftsverzeichnis Schweden...’ 8vo., 88 pages of text; original tan printed
paper wrappers. Town directory.
3. ‘Schweden Stadtplane im Kleinformat Sammelheft...’. 8vo., 32 uncoloured folding
and double-page town plans; original tan printed paper wrappers.
4. ‘Stadtplane... Goteborf, Halsingborg, Lulea, Lund, Malmo, Stockholm, Sundsvall’.
7 large folding colour printed maps, original tan printed paper chemise.
5. ‘Stradtdurchfahrtplane’. 8vo., large folding colour printed map, at end; 31 pages
of uncoloured town plans; original tan printed paper wrappers.
The Brenner Pass
V GENERALSTAB DES 33. ‘Planheft Schweiz Vom 16. Marz 1944’. [Berlin]: Oberkommando des Heeres,
HEERES ABTEILUNG FUR 1944. Folio. 20 pages of text, 26 mostly folding maps and plans; original green
KRIEGSKARTEN UND
cloth backed reprinted paper boards, tied as issued. Marked “Pruf ”, number 229.
VERMESSUNGSWESEN
A collection of books and maps Provenance: library shelfmarks erased from front cover.
related the Eastern Alps and
Switzerland.
34. ‘Schweiz’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres. Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und
Publication Vermessungswesen, (IV. Mil. Geo), 1940. Original buff printed stiff paper wallet.
Berlin, 1940 – 15th August, 1943.
Provenance: library stamps erased from front cover.
Contents:
1. ‘Schweiz Stadtcurchfahrtplane’. 8vo., 41 folding colour printed town plans;
original brown printed cloth wrappers.
2. ‘Schweiz: Strassenzustand’. Large folding colour printed map, with overprinting.
1 : 300 000. General topographical and route map.
35. ‘Durchgangigkeit der Ostalpen. Ubersichteskarte’ (recto); and ‘Ubersichteskarte

von Mitteleuropa’ (verso). [Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres. Abteilung fur
Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen, (IV. Mil. Geo)], 1.8.1943. Large folding
colour printed map. 1 : 1 000 000 (recto), surrounded by smaller maps:
‘Gebirgsbau und Hauptdurchgangslinien’, ‘Dauer der Schneedecke’.
Provenance: Official ink stamps of the ‘Army Map Service’, Washington DC,
“Captured Map”.
36. ‘Durchgangigkeit der Ostalpen Rundbilder der sudl. Grenzubergange Bildheft.

Bearbeitet beim Stellv. Gen. Kdo. XVIII A.K., abt. La Mess-Mil-Geo.
Abgeschloseen am 15. August, 1943’. Berling: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung
fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (IV Mil-Geo), 1943. Oblong folio.
39 folding chromolithographic plates of the Alps, one with printed tissue overlay,
folding colour printed map in pocket at end; original grey printed paper wrappers.

Panoramic views of the Eastern Alps (eastern parts of Switzerland, Leichtenstein,
Austria and Bavaria, showing the border crossings, and mountain passes, including
the Brenner Pass, where Hitler and Mussolini met. The accompanying map references
the plates.
The Mediterranean
VI GENERALSTAB DES After the fall of France in June of 1940, German forces had control of French ports
HEERES ABTEILUNG FUR in the Bay of Biscay, providing them with U-Boat bases from which they could
KRIEGSKARTEN UND
pursue objectives in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean. Successful navigation
VERMESSUNGSWESEN
of the Straits of Gibraltar was vital to all these aims. Gibraltar remained a staunchly
‘Planheft’ and a collection of defended British fortress and harbour, throughout the war: a strategic naval and
‘Militargeographische’ packets military outpost.
for the Straits of Gibraltar, Italy,
Spain and Portugal, and Malta.
Straits of Gibraltar
Publication
Berlin, 12th December 1940 - 12th August
1944. 37. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber Die Strasse von Gibraltar. Abgeschlossen am
12. Dezember 1940’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskaren und
Vermessungswesen, 1940. Original buff printed slipcase, worn.
Provenance: with the manuscript accession marks of the Bundesarchiv Militararchiv

Amtsdrucksachen; and with the early accession stamps of the Pentagon Library,
deaccessioned after 9/11.
Contents:
1. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber Die Strasse von Gibraltar’. 8vo., 54 pages of
text, 2 folding maps, 23 pages of photographs; original cream printed paper wrappers.
2. ‘Strasse von Gibraltar’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 200 000. Road map.
3. ‘Halbinsel von Gibraltar’. Very large folding colour printed map. 1 : 10 000.
Very large-scale map of the Straits of Gibraltar.
4. ‘Karte des von Gibraltar aus eingesehenen Gelandes’. Folding two-colour
printed map. 1 : 50 000. Terrain map.
Italy
On the 3rd of December, 1943, an armistice was signed between Italy and the
Allies. Immediately, the German army attacked, and occupied much of Italy.
38. ‘Planheft Italien. Vom 19. August 1944’. Berlin: Oberkommando des Heeres,
1944. Portfolio. 55 pages of text, 54 maps, most folding; original green printed
paper boards, laced as issued, some rodent damage to dividers.
Northern Italy
39. ‘Ober-Italien Strassenharten und Stadtdurchfahrtplane. Juni 1940’. Berlin:

Original blue printed stiff paper wallet.
Contents:
1. ‘Ober-Italien Strassenubersicht und Strassenausbau Stand 1938’. Large folding
colour printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 1 000 000. General topographical map,
with emphasis on major roadways, of Northern Italy.
2. ‘Ober-Italien Strassekarte’. Large folding colour printed map, in 12 sheets.
1 : 200 000. Very large-scale route map of Northern Italy.
3. ‘Ober-Italien Stadtdurchfahrtplane’. Tall 8vo., 92 pages of colour printed town
plans, some folding; original blue cloth covers.
Italian Coastline
40. ‘Nautisch-Geographische Kustenbeschreibung der Halbindsel Italien (Entwurf ).

Erganzung zu: Militargeographische uberlick uber die Halbinsel Italien; Bearbeitet
von: Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine Amtsgruppe Nautik Nautishc-Wissenschaftliche
Abteilung (Mar Geo). Abgeschlossen 15. Juli 1943’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres
Abteilung fur Kriegskarten u. Vermessungswesen (IV Mil Geo), 1943. Folio. 82
leaves of text and tables; original red printed paper wrappers.
Provenance: With the ink library stamp of the Heringen Collection; with the
shelfmarks and library labels of the Pentagon Library, deaccessioned after 9/11.
Spain and Portugal
At the end of the Spanish Civil War, in 1939, in which General Franco had been
supported by German forces, Spain and Portugal signed a non-aggression treaty.
This treaty, and subsequent protocols signed after the fall of France in 1940, helped
maintain Spanish neutrality during WWII. Had the treaty not been effective, then
Germany would almost certainly have prevailed in the Iberian Peninsula, followed
shortly by North Africa.
41. ‘Planheft Spanien und Portugal Vom 28. September 1943’. Berlin:
Oberkommando des Heeres, 1943. Portfolio. 54 pages of text, 49 key maps, some
folding; original green paper boards, tied as issued.
Provenance: ink stamped as ‘received’ in German on the title-page; with the

official ink stamps of the ‘Directorate of the Military Survey Research Section’, on
the front cover.
42. [‘Militargeographische Studie uber Spanien und Portugal (Iberische Halbinsel).

Abgeschlossen am 10 Dezember 1940. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung
fur Kriegskaren und Vermessungswesen, 1940]. Lacking wallet.
Contents:
3. ‘... Bildheft Spanien’. Oblong 8vo., 145 pages of photographs; original cream
printed paper wrappers.
4. ‘... Bildheft Portugal’. Oblong 8vo., 98 pages of photographs; original cream
5. ‘Ubersichtskarte von Spanien & Portugal’. Large folding colour printed map.
1 : 2 500 000.
6. ‘Spanien u. Portugal: Land- u. Fortstwirtschaft und Fischeri. XII. 1940’. Large
folding colour printed map. 1 : 1 500 000.
7. ‘Spanien u. Portugal: Industrie u. Lagerstatten. XII. 1940’. Large folding colour
printed map. 1 : 1 500 000.
8. ‘Spanien und Portugal: Elektrizitatswirtschaft’. Large folding two-colour
printed map. 1 : 2 500 000.
11. ‘Eisenbahnkarte von Portugal’. Folding two-colour printed map. 1 : 1 500 000.
MAPPE A – Presumed first edition

43. [‘Militargeographische Studie uber Spanien und Portugal (Iberische Halbinsel).
Abgeschlossen am 20. Januar 1941. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur
Kriegskaren und Vermessungswesen, 1941]. Lacking wallet.
Contents:
2. ‘... Ortsverzeichnisse’. 8vo., 135 pages of text; original cream printed paper wrappers.
9. ‘Eisenbahnkarte von Spanien und Portugal’. Large folding two-colour printed
map. 1 : 2 500 000.
10. ‘... Stations- und Streckenverzeichnis der Spanischen Eisenbahnen’. 8vo., 84 pages
of text; original cream printed paper wrappers. List of stations and Spanish railways.
MAPPE A – Presumed second edition

44. ‘Militargeographische Studie uber Spanien und Portugal (Iberische Halbinsel).
Stations- und Streckenverzeichnis der Spanischen Eisenbahnen. Abgeschlossen
am 30. Januar 1941. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskaren
und Vermessungswesen, 1941. Original buff printed stiff paper wallet, worn with
loss and browned.
Provenance: with the ink stamp of the Third Reich on the front cover.
Contents:
1. ‘...Textheft’. 8vo., 93 pages of text, one folding map; original cream printed
paper wrappers.
MAPPE B
45. ‘Militargeographische Studie uber Spanien und Portugal (Iberische Halbinsel)
Vorlaufige Ausgabe. Abgeschlossen am 8. November 1940’. Berlin: Generalstab
des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskaren und Vermessungswesen, 1940. Original buff
printed stiff paper slipcase, worn.
Contents:
1. ‘Spanien und Portugal. Strassenkarte in 14 Blatte’. Large folding colour printed
map in 14 sheets. 1 : 400 000. Road map of Spain and Portugal.
2. ‘Stadtdurchfahrtplane Spanien und Portugal (Iberische Halbinsel)’. 8vo.,
137 colour printed town plans; original buff printed paper wrappers.
3. ‘Strassenzustandskarte von Portugal (Stand vom Sommer 1940)’. Large folding
colour printed map. 1 : 900 000. Road map of Portugal.
Malta
46. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber Malta abgeschlossen am 20. Marz 1941’.

Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskaren und Vermessungswesen,
1941. Original buff printed stiff paper slipcase, worn.
Provenance: with the ink library stamps, shelfmarks and other notes, of the United
States Air Force Aeronautical Chart and Information Center Technical Library.
Contents:
1. ‘... Textheft mit Bildanhang’. 8vo., 18 pages of text, 23 pages of photographs;
original cream printed paper wrappers.
2. Malta and Gozo. MISSING
3. ‘Karte von Malta mit Mil.- Geo.- Angaben’. Large folding colour printed map
with over-printing. 1 : 25 000, torn.
During WWII, Malta, along with Gibraltar, was at the centre of Britain’s strategic
naval position: it had been the base of the Mediterranean fleet for nearly 150 years.
As a result, the island came under relentless attack from the air, by both Luftwaffe
and the Italian Air Force. From December 1941 to December 1942 German bombers
lay siege to Malta, targeting the island and supply convoys. Nevertheless, the Allies
were able to launch successful amphibious landings to North Africa (November 1942),
Sicily ( July 1943) and mainland Italy (September 1943), from their base in Malta.
The North African Campaign
VII GENERALSTAB DES Campaigns waged in North Africa from 1940 to 1943, centred around which power
HEERES ABTEILUNG FUR would control the Suez Canal, and therefore the supply of oil from the Middleast.
KRIEGSKARTEN UND
From 1934, Italy had controlled what is now modern Libya and Ethiopia in Africa.
VERMESSUNGSWESEN
Once Italy had aligned itself with the Axis powers, shortly before German troops
The ‘Planheft’ and a collection of entered Paris in June of 1940, a naval conflict in the Mediterranean became a
‘Militargeographische’ packets certainty, and a land battle in North Africa, likely.
for Northeast Africa, Libya,
The North African campaign included: the Western Desert Campaign, or
Algeria, Morocco, Dakar, Tunisia,
and Egypt. Desert War, fought in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts; Operation Torch, fought
in Vichy French governed Algeria and Morocco; and the Tunisia Campaign, in
Publication
Berlin, 28th November, 1940 – 5th January Vichy governed Tunisia.
1944.
Northeast Africa
47. ‘Planheft Frankreich und Franzosisch-Nordafrika. Vom 5. Januar 1943’.

Berlin: Oberkommando des Heeres, 5th Januar, 1944. Portfolio. 82 pages of text,
63 two-colour printed maps, some folding; original green printed cloth and paper
boards, laced as issued, waterstained.
48. ‘Militargeographische Beschreibung von Nordost-Afrika. Abgesxhlossen am 28.

November 1940’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heers Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und
Vermessungswesen, (IV. Mil.-Geo), 1940. Original orange printed stiff paper
wallet, worn with loss.

Amtsdrucksachen and their manuscript accession marks; and with the early
accession and deaccession stamps of the Pentagon Library “Captured Map”,
Contents:
1. ‘... Text- und Bildheft’. 8vo., 158 pages of text, 12 folding maps, 138 pages of
photographs; original orange printed paper wrappers.
2. ‘Cairo’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 25 000. City plan.
3. ‘Stadtplan von Alexandria’. Large folding colour printed map, waterstained.
1 : 15 000. Large-scale city plan.
4. ‘Stadtplan von Port Said und Port Fouad’. 1 : 5000. Large-scale plan of the port.
5. ‘Stadtplan von Beni Suef ’. 1 : 5000. Large-scale town plan.
6. ‘Stadtplan von Qena’. 1 : 5000. Large-scale town plan.
7. ‘Stadtplan von Zagazig’. 1 : 5000. Large-scale town plan.
49. [‘Militargeographische Beschreibung von Nordost-Afrika. Abgesxhlossen am 28.
November 1940’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heers Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und
Vermessungswesen, (IV. Mil.-Geo), 1940]. Lacking wallet.
Contents:
1. ‘...Text- und Bildheft’ - not present.
2. ‘Cairo’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 25 000. City plan.
3. ‘Stadtplan von Alexandria’. Large folding colour printed map, waterstained.
1 : 15 000. Large-scale city plan.
4. ‘Stadtplan von Port Said und Port Fouad’. 1 : 5000. Large-scale plan of the port.
5. ‘Stadplan von Beni Suef ’. 1 : 5000. Large-scale town plan. Not present.
6. ‘Stadtplan von Qena’. 1 : 5000. Large-scale town plan.
7. ‘Stadtplan von Zagazig’. 1 : 5000. Large-scale town plan. Libya not present.
50. ‘Entwurf. Militargeographische Beschreibung von Libyen. Abgeschlossen am 29.

Januar 1941’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heers Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und
Vermessungswesen, (IV. Mil.-Geo), 1941. Original tan stiff paper wallet.
Provenance: with the near-contemporary ink stamp of Rigo Naeske, Berlin,

throughout.
Contents:
1. ‘Entwurf. Militargeographische Beschreibung von Libyen’. 8vo., 91 pages of text,
96 pages of photographs, 10 folding maps; original cream printed paper wrappers.
2. ‘Libyen’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 3 000 000.
General topographical map.
3. ‘Verkehrskarte von Nord-Libyen’. Large folding colour printed map, with
over-printing. 1 : 2 000 000. Route-map.
4. ‘Kufra’. Large folding colour printed map of the Kufra Oasis. 1 : 100 000.
5. Extra-illustrated with ‘Zusammendruck Libyen’. January, 1942. Large folding
uncoloured map of Libya.
From their base in Libya, Italy invaded western Egypt in 1940. By 1941, the
British army succeeded in pushing the Italian troops back across the Egyptian-
Libyan border. Germany responded by sending Rommel (“The Desert Fox”), and
what became known as the Afrika Korps, to push the Allies east, allowing Libya’s
borders to expand to cover most of the Western Desert.
Tunisia
51. ‘Militargeographische Beschreibung von Tunis. Abgeschlossen am 10. Oktober

1941’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heers Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und
Vermessungswesen, (IV. Mil.-Geo), 1941. Original tan stiff paper slipcase.
Contents:
1. ‘... Text- und Bildheft’. 8vo., 148 pages of text, one folding map, 64 pages of
photographs; original yellow printed paper wrappers.
2. ‘Tunis – SFAX’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 1 000 000. General
topographical map.
3. ‘Verkehrskarte von Tunis’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
1 : 1 000 000. Route-map.
4. ‘Stadtplan Tunis’ (recto) – ‘Umgebung Tunis’ (verso). Large folding colour
printed map on each side of the sheet. Large-scale detailed town-plan of Tunis on
one side, and environs and coastal approaches on the other.
5. Not present - leaflet showing transit plans.
On the 17th of November, 1942, Italian Libya expanded into French Tunisia.
Eventually, in February of 1943, the Axis powers abandoned Libya altogether,
consolidating their combined strength into Tunisia for a final defence of their
North African campaign.
Algeria
52. ‘Entwurf. Militargeographische Angagen uber Algerien. Abgeschlossen am

10.XI. 1942’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heers Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und
Vermessungswesen, 1942. Original tan printed stiff paper slipcase.
Contents:
1. ‘...Textheft’. 8vo., 142 pages of text, 9 folding maps; original tan printed paper
wrappers.
2. ‘... Ortsbeschreibungen’. 8vo., 42 pages of text with inset town plans; original
tan printed paper wrappers.
3. ‘... Bildheft’. Oblong 8vo., 112 pages of photographs; original tan printed paper
wrappers.
4. ‘Ubersichtskarte Nord-Algerien’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 2 000 000.
Topographical map.
5. ‘Strassenkarte von Algerien’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 2 000 000.
Roadmap.
6. ‘Verkehrswege durch die mittlere Sahara’. Large folding colour printed map.
1 : 4 000 000. Route map, with wells and airfields marked.
7. ‘Mil.-Geo.-Plan von Algier’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-
printing. 1 : 10 000. Large-scale detailed town plan of Algiers and environs.
8. ‘Mil.-Geo.-Plan von Oran’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-
printing. 1 : 10 000. Large-scale detailed town plan of Oran and environs.
9. ‘Mil.-Geo.-Plan von Constantine’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-
printing. 1 : 10 000. Large-scale detailed town plan of Constantine and environs.
10. ‘Mil.-Geo.-Plan von Sidi-bel-Abbes’. Large folding colour printed map, with
over-printing. 1 : 10 000. Large-scale detailed town plan of Sidi-bel-Abbes and environs.
Algeria was the centre of French power in North Africa, and once France had
succumbed to Germany in June of 1940, part of the French State, the unoccupied
“Free Zone” of Vichy France.
Morocco
53. ‘Entwurf. Militargeographische Angaben uber Marokko. Abgeschlossen am 20.

VII. 1942’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heers Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und
Vermessungswesen, 1942. Original tan printed stiff paper slipcase.
Contents:
1. ‘... Textheft’. 8vo., 157 pages of text, one folding map; original tan printed paper
wrappers.
wrappers.
3. ‘... Ortsbeschreibungen’. 8vo., 47 pages of text with inset town-plans.
4. ‘Marokko’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 2 000 000. General
topographical map of Morocco.
5. ‘Strassenkarte von Marokko’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 1 000 000.
Route-map.
6. ‘Mil.-Geo.-Plan von Casablanca’. Large folding colour printed map, with
7. ‘Mil.-Geo.-Plan von Rabat-Sale’. Large folding colour printed map, with
8. ‘Mil.-Geo.-Plan von Port-Lyautey u. Mehdia’. Large folding colour printed
map, with over-printing. 1 : 10 000.
9. ‘Mil.-Geo.-Plan von Meknes’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-
printing. 1 : 10 000.
10. ‘Mil.-Geo.-Plan von Fez’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-
printing. 1 : 10 000.
11. ‘Mil.-Geo.-Plan von Marrakech’. Large folding colour printed map, with
54. ‘Entwurf. Militargeographische Angaben uber Marokko. Abgeschlossen am 20.

VII. 1942’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heers Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und
Vermessungswesen, 1942. Original tan printed stiff paper slipcase, worn.
Provenance: library stamps erased from front cover.
Contents:
1. ‘... Textheft’. 8vo., 153 pages of text, one folding map; original tan printed paper
wrappers.
wrappers.
3. ‘... Ortsbeschreibungen’. 8vo., 47 pages of text with inset town-plans.
4. ‘Marokko’. Large folding colour printed map, library stamp excised, separations
at folds. 1 : 2 000 000. General topographical map of Morocco,.
5. ‘Strassenkarte von Marokko’. Large folding colour printed map, library stamp
excised. 1 : 1 000 000. Route-map.
Operation Torch, the American and British invasion of French North Africa, began
on the 8th of November, 1942. Initially the Vichy forces resisted the Allied troops,
but two days later, most were supporting the effort to remove German and Italian
forces from North Africa.
Dakar – Second edition
55. ‘Entwurf. Militargeographische Angaben uber Dakar und sein Hinterland

(Senegal und Gambia). 2. Ausgabe. Abgeschlossen am 31. Januar 1942 mit einen
Nachtrag vom November 1942’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heers Abteilung fur
Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen, 1942. Original tan printed stiff paper slipcase.

Amtsdrucksachen and their manuscript accession marks.
Contents:
1. ‘... Text- und Bildheft’. 8vo., 160 leaves of text, one folding map, 21 pages of
photographs; original tan printed paper wrappers.
2. ‘Senegal und Gambia’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 1 000 000. General
topographical map.
3. ‘Gewasser und Brunnen im Hinterland von Dakar’. Large folding two-colour
printed map. 1 : 500 000. Showing wells, waterways and springs.
4. Not present - Dakar.
5. ‘Umgebungsplan von Dakar mit Mil.-Geo. –Objekten’. Large folding lithographed
map with over-printing. 1 : 25 000. Large-scale map of Dakar and environs, showing
military placements.
6. Not present - St. Louis.
The Vichy government held strategic port of Dakar, now Senegal, was the scene of
a bitter battle for control between British and French in the days between the
23rd and 25th of September, 1940. The French prevailed, until the Allied invasion
of North Africa in November of 1942.
Egypt
56. ‘Umgesbungsplan von Alexandrien mit Mil.-Geo. -Objekten’ recto; ‘Stadplan von
Alexandrien...’, verso, ‘...Anlage zu: Militargeographische Angaben uber
Agypten...Ausgabe Nr. 2, Stand: 1941’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heers Abteilung
fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen, (IV. Mil.-Geo), 1941. Large folding
colour printed maps, with over-printing. Supplement maps of Alexandria, for the
‘Mil.- Geo.-’ packets of Egypt.
57. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber Agypten. Abgeschlossen am 20. Juni 1942’.

Berlin: Generalstab des Heers Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen,
(IV. Mil.-Geo), 1942. Original orange printed stiff paper wallet.
Provenance: with the ink library stamp of the ‘Mil Geo A Bibliothek’ throughout.
Contents:
1. ‘...Textheft’. 8vo., 195 leaves of text with inset maps, 5 folding maps; original
orange printed paper wrappers.
2. ‘... Bildheft’. Oblong 8vo., 172 pages of photographs, including 5 in colour.
3. ‘Agypten’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 2 000 000.
4. ‘Befahrbarkeitskarte’. Large folding colour printed map on two sheets, ‘Marsa
Matruh’ and ‘Kairo’. 1 : 500 000. Terrain and route maps.
5. ‘Karte der wichtigsten Kanal- und Flussubergange in Agypten’. Large folding
colour printed map, with over-printing, on three sheets, ‘Kairo’, Assiut’ and ‘Keno’.
6. Extra-illustrated with ‘Stadtplan von Port Said und Port Fouad’. 1 : 5000.
Large-scale plan of the port. With the ink stamps of the Third Reich and other
official departmental stamps, issued with ‘Nordost-Afrika’ in 1940.
Egypt accommodated British troops during WWII, based on their treaty of 1936,
which enabled them to defend the Suez Canal, but remained relatively neutral
until 1945, when King Faruk finally declared war on Germany and Japan.
The Middle East – Operation Exporter
VIII GENERALSTAB DES The Middle-Eastern Front

HEERES ABTEILUNG FUR
KRIEGSKARTEN UND
The “campaign in the Mediterranean and Middle East was one of the most complex,
VERMESSUNGSWESEN
interrelated, extensive, and certainly most enduring theatres of [WWII]” (Niall
A collection of Barr for OED).
‘Militargeographische’ packets Once the Italian army aligned with Germany, and then initiated hostilities
for Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Palestine,
in the region in June 1940 by invading Egypt from their Libyan territories, conflict
Transjordan, Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait and the Sinai Peninsula. ensued over an extensive area, including not just Libya and Egypt, but French North
Africa, as well as shorter, distinct campaigns in Syria, Iraq, and Ethiopia. By February
Publication of 1943, the British Commonwealth Eight Army crossed from Libya into Tunisia,
Berlin, 20th December 1940 - 1st August
1943. taking control of the region until the end of the War.
58. ‘Planheft Borderasien einschliesslich des 1. und 2. Nachtrages. Stand: 1. 9. 1942’.

Berlin: Im Austrage der Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen im
Generalstab des Heeres bearbeitet von der Heeresplankammer, 1942. Folio. 80
pages of text, 33 mostly folding maps; original buff printed paper folder, pages
held together with metal clasp, as issued.
Provenance: with the early official ink stamps of an American military library, “spare”.
59. ‘Anleisung fur ben Gebrauch der Karten und Festpunktverzeichnisse als Gchiessunterlagen
in Borderasien und Agypten Vademecum Vorderasien. 1. Auslage’. [Berlin]:
Oberkommando des Heeres Gen Std H Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und
Vermessungswesen (III), 1942. Folio. 64 pages of text, including 24 maps, some
folding; original green printed paper boards. First edition. Instructions for using
maps related to Egypt and the Middle-east.
60. ‘Militargeographische Ubersicht uber den Vorderen Orient. Abgeschlossen am 31.
Marz 1941’. Berlin, Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und
Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil.-Geo.), 1941. Original grey printed stiff paper wallet.
Contents:
1. ‘... Textheft’. 8vo., 158 pages of text, 10 folding maps; original grey printed
paper wrappers.
2. ‘... Bildheft’. Oblong 8vo., 243 pages of photographs; original grey printed paper
wrappers.
3. ‘Vergleichende Zasammentstellung der verschiedenen Namensformen auf den
Kartenwerken des Vorderen Orients (Sonderausgaben) Vorlaufige Ausgabe.
Abgeschlossen am 31. Mai 1941’. 8vo., 39 pages of text; original grey printed paper
wrappers. Comparative glossary of terms and place-names for the following maps.
4. ‘Vorderer Orient’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
1 : 4 000 000. General topographical map of the Middle-east.
5. ‘Vorderer Orient: Industrie’. Large folding two-colour printed map with extensive
over-printing. 1 : 3 000 000. Showing locations of all kinds of industrial sites.
6. ‘Vorderer Orient: Bergbau’. Large folding two-colour printed map, with
extensive over-printing. 1 : 3 000 000. Showing mining areas, including oilfields.
7. ‘Vorderer Orient: Verkehrsubersicht’. Large folding colour-printed map.
1 : 4 000 000. Route-map
8. ‘Vorderer Orient: Ubersicht uber Flugplatze’. Large folding lithographed map,
with extensive over-printing. 1 : 3 000 000. Showing airfield locations.
European Turkey
Turkey held a vital strategic position during WWII, as a buffer state between
Europe and the Middle-east; with both the Allied and Axis powers doing their
best to bring Turkey into the war on their respective sides. Nevertheless, Turkey
remained neutral until April 1944, when it declared war on the Axis powers.
61. ‘Militargeograpische Angaben uber die Europaische Turkei einschliesslich der

Meergengen. Abgeschlossen am 20. December 1940’. Berlin, Generalstab des
Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil.-Geo.), 1940.
Original grey printed stiff paper wallet.
Contents:
1. [‘...Textheft mit Bildanhang’]. 8vo., 44 pages of text, 56 pages of photographs, 2
folding maps, 2 full-page maps; original grey printed paper wrappers.
2. ‘Ubersichtskarte der Europaischen Turkei einschliesslich der Meerengen mit
Hervorhebung des Hauptstrassennetzes’. Large folding colour printed map, with
over-printing. 1 : 500 000. General topographical map.
3. ‘Stadtplan von Istanbul mit Mil.-Geo.-Eintragungen’. 1 : 15 000. Large folding
two-colour printed map, with over-printing. Large-scale city plan of Istanbul.
4. ‘Bosphorus. Ubersichtskarte mit Militargeographisches Eintragungen’. Large
folding colour printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 100 000.
5. ‘Izmit und Umgebung mit Militargeographisches Eintragungen’. 1 : 100 000
62. ‘Turkei Ubersicht uber Strassen und Eisenbahnen... Abgeschlossen am 31. Januar
1941’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und
Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil.-Geo.), 1941. Original printed stiff paper wallet.
Provenance: with the ink library stamp of a Slovenian library.
Contents:
1. ‘Ubersichtskarte der Strassen und Eisenbahnen’. Large folding colour printed
map, with over-printing, on 2 mapsheets. Large-scale route map.
2. ‘... Textheft mit Bildanhang’. 8vo., 67 pages of text, 38 pages of photographs,
2 folding maps; original grey printed paper wrappers
2A. Duplicate of above
3. ‘Turkei Ubersicht uber Strassen und Eisenbahnen Heft Stadtdurchfahrtplane.
Abgeschlossen am 20. Februar 1941’. 8vo., 1 full-page general map, 37 two-colour
printed town plans, some folding; original grey printed cloth wrappers.
63. ‘Militargeograpische Angaben uber die Europaische Turkei einschliesslich der

Meergengen. Abgeschlossen am 10. August 1941’. Berlin, Generalstab des Heeres
Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil.-Geo.), 1941.
Original grey printed stiff paper wallet.
Provenance: with the ink library stamp of the Padagogische Hochschule, Berlin,
ie the Teacher Training College, of Berlin, throughout.
Contents:
1. ‘... Textheft’. 8vo., 218 pages of text, 8 two-colour printed folding maps; original
grey printed paper wrappers.
wrappers.
3. ‘...Ortschaftsverzeichnis mit naheren Angabaen’. 8vo., 37 pages of text; original
grey printed paper wrappers. Gazetteer.
4. ‘Turkei. Ubersichtskarte’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 2 000 000.
5. ‘Operationskarte der Turkei’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 2 000 000.
Showing main towns, routes between, and industrial use.
6. ‘Turkei, Bevolkerungskarte’. Large folding two-colour printed map. 1 : 4 000 000.
Showing population density.
7. ‘Turkei: Industrie und Bergbau’. Large folding two-colour printed map, with
over-printing. 1 : 2 000 000. Showing location of industry and mining sites.
8. ‘Turkei, Fernsprech- und Telegraphenkarte sowie Funkstellen’. Large folding
two-colour printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 2 000 000. Showing telephone
and telegraph links, and radio stations.
9. ‘Turkei: Ubersicht uber Flugplatze’. Large folding uncoloured map, with over-
printing. 1 : 3 000 000. Showing railways, main roads, and location of airfields.
10. ‘Stadtplan von Istanbul mit Mil.-Geo.- Eintragungen’. Large folding two-
colour printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 15 000. City plan of Istanbul, updated
to May 1941.
11. ‘Stadtplan von Ankara’. Large two-colour printed map, with over-printing.
1 : 15 000. City plan of Ankara, updated to July 1941.
12. ‘Stadtplan von Izmit mit Mil.-Geo.-Eintragungen’. Large folding two-colour
printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 8 000. City plan of Ankara.
13. ‘Stadtplan von Bursa mit Mil.-Geo.-Eintragungen’. Large folding two-colour
printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 10 000. City plan of Bursa.
14. ‘Umgebungskarte von Izmir mit Mil.-Geo.-Eintragungen’. Large folding
two-colour printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 40 000. Chart of the port of Smyrna.
Syria
Although Syria had formerly been a part of the Ottoman Empire, it sided with
the Vichy French government after the fall of France in 1940. Nevertheless,
German aircraft were given permission to refuel in Syria en-route to Persia and
Iraq, in May of 1941, which the Allies had invaded. After this provocation, on the
8th of June, the Allies invaded Syria and Lebanon. After two-weeks of fierce
fighting, Damascus came under Allied occupation. The success of the campaign
was vital to ensure the security of Allied forces in Northern Africa.
64. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber Syrien. Abgeschloseen am 15. Oktober 1941’.

Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen
(IV. Mil.-Geo.), 1941. Original grey printed stiff paper wallet.
Contents:
1. ‘... Textheft’. 8vo., 115 pages of text, 9 folding maps; original grey printed paper
wrappers.
wrappers.
3. ‘Vorderer Orient’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
1 : 4 000 000. General topographical map of Syria.
4. ‘Syrien, Irak, Palastina, Transjordanien: Industrie-Olgewinnung’. Large folding
two colour printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 3 000 000. The map includes all
the countries listed in the title, although in the series title top left, every country
apart from Syria has been officially redacted. Showing location of all types of
industry, from glass manufacturers to munitions depots.
5. ‘Ubersicht uber Flugplatze in Syrien, Irak, Palastina, Transjordanien, Nordarabien’.
Large folding two-colour printed map. 1 : 3 000 000. Showing airfields. The map
includes all the countries listed in the title, although in the series title top left,
every country apart from Syria has been officially redacted.
6. ‘Syrien’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 1 000 000.
General topographical map, over-printed with road, rail and waterways, showing
administrative divisions.
7. ‘Stadtplan von Aleppo (Halep)’. Large folding lithographed map, with extensive
over-printing. 1 : 10 000. City plan of Aleppo with significant landmarks highlighted.
8. ‘Stadtplan von Beirut’. Large folding lithographed map, with extensive over-
printing. 1 : 10 000. City plan with significant landmarks highlighted.
9. ‘Stadtplan von Damaskus (Damas)’. Large folding lithographed map, with
extensive over-printing. 1 : 10 000. City plan with significant landmarks highlighted.
10. ‘Stadtplan von Deraa’. Large folding lithographed map, with extensive
over-printing. 1 : 5 000. City plan with significant landmarks highlighted.
11. ‘Stadtplan von Hama’. Double-page lithographed map, with extensive over-
printing. 1 : 25 000. City plan with significant landmarks highlighted.
12. ‘Stadtplan von Homs’. Large folding lithographed map, with extensive over-
printing. 1 : 5 000. City plan of Aleppo with significant landmarks highlighted.
13. ‘Stadtplan von Latakia’. Large folding lithographed map, with extensive
14. ‘Stadtplan von Palmyra (Tadmor)’. Large folding lithographed map, with
extensive over-printing. 1 : 10 000. City plan with significant landmarks highlighted.
15. ‘Stadtplan von Said’. Double-page lithographed map, with extensive over-
printing. 1 : 10 000. City plan of Aleppo with significant landmarks highlighted.
16. ‘Stadtplan von Tripoli-el Mina’. Large folding lithographed map, with extensive
Iraq - Second edition
65. ‘Entwurf (2. Ausgabe) Militargeographische Angaben uber den Irak. Abgeschlossen
am 1. August 1943’. Berlin, Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskarten
und Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil.-Geo.), 1943. Original grey printed stiff paper
wallet, worn.
Contents:
1. ‘...Textheft’. Not present.
2. ‘... Bilheft’. Oblong 8vo., 80 pages of photographs.
3. ‘Irak’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 1 000 000.
4. ‘Syrien-Irak-Palastina-Transjordanien: Verkehrsubersicht’. Large folding colour
printed map. 1 : 2 000 000. Showing major transport routes and administrative regions.
5. ‘Ubersicht uber Flugplatze in Syrien, Irak, Palastina, Transjordanien’. Large
folding two-colour printed map. 1 : 3 000 000. Showing airfields and suitable
landing places.
Afghanistan
66. ‘Entwurf ! Militargeographische Angaben uber Afghanistan, die Britisch-Indische

NW-Grenzprovinz und Baluchistan. Bildheft. Abgeschlossen am 31. ezember 1942’.
(IV. Mil.-Geo.), 1943. oblong 8vo., 156 pages of photographs; 8vo., original buff
Provenance: with the ink library stamps of the Technical College Brno, Moravia,
throughout.
The War in the Air
IX DER OBERBEFEHLSHAVER DER The Luftwaffe first flexed their aerial prowess during the Spanish Civil War of
LUFTWAFFE 1936-1939: testing new aircraft and techniques. By the start of WWII German
A collection of ‘Orientierungsheft’ air power was supreme: quickly achieving victory in Poland in the east, and France
for the Mediterranean, North in the west. However, it was defeated in the Battle of Britain in 1940, and failed to
Africa and the Middle-east. halt the Allied convoys sent to relieve Malta in 1941-1942.
Publication The Luftwaffe played a supporting role to the German army’s Afrika Korps
Berlin, June 1940 - March 1942. in their Mediterranean and North African campaigns, briefly turning the tide of
the Italian defeats in Greece and Egypt in late 1940.
67. ‘Europa u. Asien... Fliegerausgabe ... MittelMeergebiet’. [Berlin: Der Oberbefehlshaber

der Luftwaffe. Fuhrungstabb, c1940]. Large folding colour printed map of the
Mediterranean on a trapezoidal projection, over-printed with a flying grid, worn
with loss.
68. ‘Orientierungsheft Griechenland unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Fleigertruppe

und Flakartillerie. Stand: 1 Juni 1940’. Berlin: Gedruckt in der Reichsdruckerei,
1940. Folio. 22 pages of text, 5 folding maps and 3 leaflets in pocket at end; original
red printed paper wrappers.
Provenance: contemporary German ownership inscription on front cover; manuscript

accession marks of the Bundesarchiv Militararchiv Amtsdrucksachen; later ink
stamp of the “Etat-Major de l’Armee de Terre Bibliotheque Vincennes: Service
Historique”, cancelled.
Contents:
1. ‘Karte v. Griechenland... Kriegsgliederung des Heeres. Stand v: 1.6.40’. Large
folding lithographed map, with extensive over-printing. 1 : 1 000 000. Showing
Greek army order of battle.
2. ‘Karte v. Griechenland... Standorte der Fliegertruppe. Stand v: 1.6.40’. Large
Greek airforce bases.
3. ‘Karte v. Griechenland... Fliegerbodenorganisation. Stand v: 1.6.40’. Large
aviation ground organisation.
4. ‘Karte v. Griechenland... Triebstoff-und Munistionslager, Rustungindustrie.
Stand v: 1.6.40’. Large folding lithographed map, with extensive over-printing.
1 : 1 000 000. Showing munitions, fuel and defense industry.
5. ‘Karte v. Griechenland... Standorte der Flakartillerie. Stand v: 1.6.40’. Large
anti-aircraft installations.
6. ‘Ubersicht die griechischen Flugplatze...’. 5 leaves of folding letterpress tables
outlining details of airfields in the region.
7. ‘Ausrustung mit Flugzeugen und ihre Leistungen’. Single leaf folding letterpress
tables outlining aircraft equipment and capabilities.
8. ‘Leistungstabelle der Flugahwehr=Waffen’. Single leaf folding letterpress tables
outlining anti-aircraft capabilities.
69. Volume I: ‘Orientierungsmappe Mittlerer Osten. Heft I. Allgemeine Angaben.
Stand der Bearbeitung: 15 August, 1941’. Berlin: Der Oberbefehlshaber der
Luftwaffe. Fuhrungstabb 1c, 1941. Folio. 32 pages of text, 2 full-page diagrams, 4
colour printed folding maps, 9 folding maps and 1 leaflet in pocket at end; original
red printed paper wrappers. Marked “Pruf ”, number 1041.
Contents:
1. ‘Physikalische Karte von Afrika und Westasien’. Large folding colour printed
map. 1 : 10 000 000. Topographical map of southern Europe and Asia, the
Mediterranean, and Africa.
2. ‘Vorderer Orient: Verkehrsubersicht’. Large folding two-colour printed map on
blue paper. 1 : 4 000 000. Route map.
3. ‘Mittlerer Osten: Bevolkerungskarte’. Folding colour printed map. No scale.
An overview of the Middle-east by ethnicity.
4. ‘Mittlerer Osten: Karte der Beduinenstamme’. Folding colour printed map.
No Scale. An overview of the Arabian peninsula by tribe.
5. ‘Vermutete Verteilung der brit. Seestreitkrafte im Mittleren Osten. Stand:
15.8.41. nach Angaben von Ic/See’. Folding two-colour printed map, with
over-printing. An overview of the Middle-east and south Asia, showing the
suspected positions of British naval forces.
6. ‘Sudost-Europa und Mittlerer Osten... Vermutete britische Krafteverteilung
8.8.41...’. Large folding lithographed map with over-printing. Showing the
suspected position of British troops in East Africa and the northwestern regions
of the Arabian peninsula.
7. ‘Mittlerer Osten Ubersicht uber die Starke und Verteilung der Fliegerkrafte.
Stand: 15.8.41’. Folding two-colour printed map, with extensive over-printing.
1 : 17 500 000. Showing position and strength of airforce.
8. ‘Persischen Golfs...”. Not present.
9. ‘Agypten. Zielgruppen 10, 12, 15, 20, 21, 45, 65. Stand: 15.7.41’ Large two-colour
printed folding map, with extensive over-printing. Showing military targets.
10. ‘Erdolgebiete im Mittleren Osten’. Large folding lithographed map, with
over-printing. 1 : 9 000 000. Showing Middle-eastern oil wells.
11. ‘Die Britische Wehrmacht im Mitteleren Osten (Heer, Kriegsmarine,
Luftwaffe)’. Single leaf folding letterpress.
Volume II: Not present
70. Volume III: ‘Orientierungsmappe Mittlerer Osten. Heft III. Iran (IR). Stand der
Bearbeitung: 15 August, 1941’. Berlin: Der Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe.
Fuhrungstabb 1c, 1941. Folio. 14 pages of text, 3 folding maps and 2 leaflets in
pocket at end; original red printed paper wrappers. Marked “Pruf ”, number 1041.
Contents:
1. ‘Orientierungsmappe Mittlerer Osten. Heft III: Iran, Ubersichskarte... Persischer
Golf ’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 4 000 000. Right-
hand margin extended with a section from a map of Asia. General topographical
map of the region.
2. ‘Spitzengliederung der iranischen Wehrmacht’. Single leaf of letterpress, detailing
the chain of Iranian command.
3. ‘Iran: Bodenorganisation’. Large folding two-colour printed map, with over-
printing. 1 : 4 000 000, showing position of Iranian troops.
4. ‘Die wichtigsten Flugplatze des Iran’. 2 leaves of folding letterpress tables
outlining the positions of Iranian airfields.
5. ‘Iran: Verkehrsubersicht’. Folding two-colour printed map. 1 : 4 000 000.
Route-map.
71. Volume IV: ‘Orientierungsmappe Mittlerer Osten. Heft IV. Irak (IRQ). Stand der
Bearbeitung: 15 August, 1941’. Berlin: Der Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe.
Fuhrungstabb 1c, 1941. Folio. 14 pages of text, 2 folding maps and 2 leaflets in
Contents:
1. ‘Orientierungsmappe Mittlerer Osten. Heft IV: Irak, Ubersichskarte... Persischer
Golf ’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 4 000 000. General
topographical map of the region.
2. ‘Irak: Eisenbahnkarte’. Folding two-colour printed map. 1 : 2 500 000. Route map.
3. ‘Alphabetisches Verzeichnis der Flugplatze des Irak’. 3 leaves of folding letterpress
tables outlining the positions of Iraqi airfields.
4. ‘Hoheitszeichen der irakischen Kriegsflugzeuge’. Single leaf colour printed
broadside, showing the markings on Iraqi military aircraft.
72. Volume V: ‘Orientierungsmappe Mittlerer Osten. Heft V. Syrien und Libanon

(SL). Stand der Bearbeitung: 15 August, 1941’. Berlin: Der Oberbefehlshaber der
Luftwaffe. Fuhrungstabb 1c, 1941. Folio. 12 pages of text, 2 folding maps and one
table in pocket at end; original red printed paper wrappers. Marked “Pruf ”,
number 1041.
Contents:
1. ‘Persischer Golf ’. Large folding colour printed map, on a trapezoidal orientation.
1 : 4 000 000
2. ‘Syrien’. Folding two-colour printed map on blue paper. 1 : 2 500 000. Route map.
3. Town directory.
73. Volume VI: ‘Orientierungsmappe Mittlerer Osten. Heft VI. Palastina und
Transjordanien (M). Stand der Bearbeitung: 15 August, 1941’. Berlin: Der
Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe. Fuhrungstabb 1c, 1941. Folio. 16 pages of text,
2 folding maps and 2 leaflets in pocket at end; original red printed paper wrappers.
Marked “Pruf ”, number 1023.
Contents:
1. ‘Orientierungsmappe Mittlerer Osten. Heft VI: Palastina und Transjordanien,
Ubersichskarte’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 4 000 000.
General topographical map of the region.
2. ‘Palastina –Transjordanien: Eisenbahnkarte’. Folding two-colour printed map.
1 : 2 500 000. Route-map
3. ‘Alphabetisches Verzeichnis der Flugplatze von Palastina und Transjordanien’.
2 leaves of folding letterpress tables outlining the positions of airfields in the region.
4. ‘Verzeichnis der Deutschen kirchlichen Institute und Einrichtungen in Palastina’.
Single leaf of letterpress directory of German institutes and facilities in Palestine.
74. Volume VII: ‘Orientierungsmappe Mittlerer Osten. Heft VII. Die Lander der
arabienschen halbinsel (Gaudisch=Arabien, Jemen, Aden, Aden=Protektorat, die
Kustenstaaten des persischen Golfs). Stand der Bearbeitung: 1. Mars 1942’.
Berlin: Der Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe. Fuhrungstabb 1c, 1942. Folio. 31
pages of text, 7 folding maps and 2 leaflets in pocket at end; original red printed
paper wrappers. Marked “Pruf ”, number 1041.
Contents:
1a. ‘Orientierungsmappe Mittlerer Osten. Heft VII. Die Lander der arabienschen
halbinsel... Persischer Golf ’. Large folding colour printed map on a trapezoidal
projection. 1 : 4 000 000. General topographical map.
1b. ‘Orientierungsmappe Mittlerer Osten. Heft VII. Die Lander der arabienschen
halbinsel... Golf von Aden’. Large folding colour printed map on a trapezoidal
projection. 1 : 4 000 000. General topographical map.
2. ‘Arabische Halbinsel Vegetationskarte’. Folding two-colour printed map.
Showing vegetation.
3. ‘Politische Ubersichteskarte der arab. Halbinsel’. Folding colour printed map.
Showing areas of British influence and self-governance.
4. ‘Ubersichtsplan von Aden’. Large folding two-colour printed map. 1 : 31 680.
Very large-scale map of the port of Aden.
5. ‘Die Wehrwichtigen Anglagen der Bahrein-Inseln’. Folding two-colour printed
map of Bahrein.
6. ‘Arabische Halbinsel: Bodenorganisation (registrierte Flugplatze) Stand:
15.12.41’. Large folding two-colour printed map, with extensive-over-printing.
1 : 4 000 000. Showing troop positions and airfields.
7. ‘Flugklimatologie des Golfes von Oman...’, single leaf of letterpress. Detailing
flying conditions over the Gulf of Oman.
8. ‘Flugklimatologie des Persischen Golfs...’. Single leaf of letterpress. Detailing
flying conditions over the Persian Gulf.
75. Volume VIII: ‘Orientierungsmappe Mittlerer Osten. Heft VIII. Agypten (ET).
Stand der Bearbeitung: 15. August 1941’. Berlin: Der Oberbefehlshaber der
Luftwaffe. Fuhrungstabb 1c, 1941. Folio. 15 pages of text, 2 folding maps and
3 leaflets in pocket at end; original red printed paper wrappers. Marked “Pruf ”,
number 1023.
Contents:
1. ‘Orientierungsmappe Mittlerer Osten. Heft VIII. Agypten Ubersichteskarte...
Nordost – Afrika’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 5 000 000. General
topographical map.
2. ‘Agypten. Zielgruppen 10, 12, 15, 20, 21, 45, 65. Stand: 15.7.41’ Large two-colour
printed folding map, with extensive over-printing. Showing military targets.
3. ‘Alphabetisches Verzeichnis der Flugplatze Agyptens’. 3 leaves of folding
letterpress tables outlining the positions of airfields in the region.
4. ‘Hoheitszeichen der agyptischen Fliegertruppe’. Single leaf colour printed
broadside, showing the markings on Egyptian military aircraft.
5. ‘Erwagungen fur die Operation motorisierter Krafte in der nordwestlichen
Wuste. (Auszug aus einer englishchen Dienstvorschrift)’. 11 pages of text,
self-wrappers. Feasibility study for motorized forces in Egypt, reprinted from a
British document.
76. Volume IX: ‘OrientierungsmappeMittlerer Osten. Heft IX Zypern (CY). Stand

der Bearbeitung: 1. September 1941’. [Berlin:] Der Oberfehlshaber der Luftwaffe
Furhrungsstab 1c, 1941. Folio. 7 pages of text, 2 folding maps and 1 leaflet in
Contents:
1. ‘Orientierungsmappe Mittlerer Osten. Heft IX. Cypern, Ubersichskarte...
Zypern’. Folding two-colour printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 500 000.
Flying-grid over Cyprus.
2. ‘Zypern... Bodenorganisation’. Folding two-colour printed map, with over-
printing. 1 : 500 000. Showing positions of ground-troops.
3. ‘Alphabetisches Verzeichnis der Flugplatze Agyptens’. Single leaf folding
letterpress table outlining the positions of airfields in the region.
British Isles - Operation Sea Lion
X GENERALSTAB DES British Isles

HEERES ABTEILUNG FUR
KRIEGSKARTEN UND
On the 16th of July, 1940, roughly two weeks before the publication of the first
VERMESSUNGSWESEN
document in this collection, Hitler issued a directive, ordering preparations for an
The ‘Planheft’ and a collection of invasion of Great Britain, and the aerial Battle of Britain began shortly thereafter,
‘Militargeographische’ packets with the Luftwaffe attacking on RAF bases, shipping convoys, ports, factories and
for Great Britain and London.
infrastructure; heavily defended by the RAF. From early September, German tactics
Publication shifted to the concentrated bombing of London, and other cities (Liverpool, Hull,
Berlin, 1st August, 1940 – 15th May, 1942.
Bristol, Cardiff, Clydebank, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Southampton, Swansea,
Birmingham, Belfast, Coventry, Glasgow, Manchester and Sheffield), now known
as the Blitz. Oxford and Cambridge were spared, apparently because Hitler wished
to preserve their architecture. The Luftwaffe failed to gain the upper hand and the
threat of a German invasion of Britain receded in December of 1940.
77. ‘Planhelft Grossbritannien’. Berlin: Im Aufträge der Abteilung für Kriegskarten

und Vermessungswesen im Generalstab des Heeres bearbeitet von der
Heeresplankammer, 1940.
Portfolio. 16 pages of text, 1 large folding index map, 17 full-page index maps,
3 colour printed town maps; original green printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled
and sewn as issued.
Provenance: Noted as received by a field officer [‘Vereinnahmt gemass

Feldvorschriftenstelle...’] on the 3rd April 1944.
78. ‘Grossbritannien. List geographischer Eigennamen mit Angabe ihrer Aussprache

– Signaturen, Schriftmuster und Abkurzungen auf englischen Karten’. Berlin:
Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (IV.
Mil.-Geo.), 15 August 1940. 8vo., 16 pages. Original buff printed paper wrappers.
List of geographical names with an indication of their pronunciation, signatures ,
signature patterns and abbreviations in English.
England
79. [‘Militargeographische Angaben uber England (London siehe auch Mappe B).
Abgesschlossen am 1. August 1940’. Berlin: Generalstab es Heeres Abteilung fur
Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen. IV. Mil-Geo., 1940]. Lacking wallet.
Contents:
1. ‘Textheft’. 8vo., 236 pages, 2 folding maps; original green printed paper wrappers,
browned, lower cover detached.
2. ‘Textheft’ [duplicate example]. 8vo., 236 pages, 2 folding maps; original green
3. ‘Bildheft England insgesamt’. 8vo., 174 pages of photographs.
MAPPE A – Second edition
80. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber England (London siehe Mappe B). 2 Auglage.
Abgeschlossen am 1. September 1940’. Berlin: Generalstab es Heeres Abteilung
fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen. IV. Mil-Geo., 1940. Original green
printed stiff paper wallet.
Provenance: with the contemporary official ink stamp assigning the wallet and
contents to Ernst Martin ‘A.S.N. 32316955’.
Contents:
1. ‘...: Textheft, 2. Auflage Abgeschlossen am 1. September 1940’ [Intelligence Book].
8vo., 236 pages, 3 uncoloured folding maps, original green printed paper wrappers.
2. ‘...: Bildheft, England insgesamt London siehe Sonderheft in Mappe B. 2.
Auflage. Abgeschlossen am 1. September 1940’. 8vo., 174 pages of photographs,
aerial and coastal views, original green printed paper wrappers.
3. ‘Ubersichtskarte von Grossbritannien und Irland, 1: 1 000 000, mit
Blattbereichseinteilung fur die Sonderkaete 1:100 000 und Stadteverzeichnis’.
Large folding colour printed map.
4. ‘Militargeographische Operationskarte England, 1:500 000, Sudblatt (Sud- und
Mittelengland). Large folding colour printed map, with overprinting.
5. ‘Grossbritannien und Irland, Eisenbahnnetz, 1:1000 000, mit Stations-
verzeichnis auf der Ruckseite’. Large folding uncoloured map, with directory of
stations on verso.
6. ‘Stationsverzeichnis zur Karte Grossbritannien und Irland... 2. Auflage.
Abgeschlossen am 1. September 1940’. 8vo., 34 pages of text, original green
printed paper wrappers. Directory of train stations.
7. ‘Grossbritannien, Fernverkehrsstrassen, 1:1 000 000’. Large folding colour
printed map, with overprinting. Road map.
8. ‘Grossbritannien, Ubersicht der Gewasser, 1:1 000 000’. Large folding colour
printed map, with overprinting. Showing waterways.
9. ‘Grossbritannien, und Irland, Funkstellen (Vorderseite); Fernsprech-und
Telegraphennetz (Ruckseite), 1:1 000 000, Strand v. 1.9.40’. Large folding
uncoloured map. Telephones and telegraph networks on recto; radio stations on verso.
10. ‘Elektrizitatsversorgung von England und Schottland, 1:1000000, mit
Verzeichnis der Grosskraftwerke und ihrer Leistungsfahigkeit’. Large folding
colour printed map. Showing electricity supply of England and Scotland, with a
directory of the larger power stations and their performance ability on verso.
11. ‘England, Bevolkerungsverteilung, 1:1000 000’. Large folding colour printed
map. Showing population density compared to German cities, updated from 1931.
12. ‘Stadtdurchfahrtplane England (ohne London). Abgeschlossen 30. Juni 1940’.
8vo., 117 town plans, printed in 2 colours, some folding, original grey printed
paper wrappers.
MAPPE A - Third edition

81. ‘...: Textheft, 3. Auflage. Abgeschlossen am 31. August 1941’ [Intelligence Book].
8vo., 106 pages, 3 uncoloured folding maps, original green printed paper wrappers.
Lacking wallet, and all but one part.
London
MAPPE B: London - Presumed first edition

82. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber England. London. (Allgemaine Angaben
uber England siehe Mappe A). Abgeschlossen am 1. August 1940’. Berlin:
Generalstab des Heeres Abteilund fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen
(IV. Mil.-Geo.), 1940. Original green printed paper wallet.
Contents:
1. ‘Texte- und Bildheft’. 8vo., 28 pages of text, 38 pages of photographs; original
green printed paper wrappers, a bit browned.
2. ‘Verkehrsplan von London und Umgebung, 1: 50 000’. Large folding colour
printed map. Road map of London and environs.
3. ‘Stadtplan von London, 1: 20 000, in 4 Blattern (mit Gauss-Kruger-Gitternetz)’.
Large folding colour printed map on 4 sheets. Large-scale map of London.
MAPPE B: London – Second edition

83. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber England. London. (Allgemaine Angaben
uber England siehe Mappe A). 2. Auflage. Abgeschlossen am 31. August 1941’.
Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilund fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen
Provenance: with the contemporary official ink stamp assigning the wallet and
contents to Ernst Martin ‘A.S.N. 32316955’.
Contents:
1. ‘Texte- und Bildheft’. 8vo., 18 pages of text, 51 pages of photographs; original
green printed paper wrappers.
2. ‘Verkehrsplan von London und Umgebung, 1: 50 000’. Large folding colour
printed map. Road map of London and environs.
3. ‘Stadtplan von London, 1: 20 000, in 4 Blattern (mit Gauss-Kruger-Gitternetz)’.
Large folding colour printed map on 4 sheets, now with potential TARGETS and
key overprinted.
Coastal Britain
MAPPE C: Coastal Description

- Lacking wallet.
84. 1. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber England. Sudkuste. Text- und Bildheft
mit Kartenanlagen. Mit 1. Und 2. Nachtrag. Abgeschlossen am 15. August 1940.
(IV. Mil.-Geo), 1940. Oblong 8vo., in excess of 400 photographs and 50 maps;
Provenance: Ink library stamps of the National Library of Technology, Prague,

throughout.
85. 1A. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber England Sudkuste. Nachtrag, abgeschlossen

am 28. August 1940’. Berlin: Generalstab es Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und
Vermessungswesen. IV. Mil-Geo., 1940. 2 parts: text [not found] and illustrations.
Text: 8vo., 16 pages, original pale green printed paper wrappers (not found);
illustrations: oblong 8vo., 31 pages of photographs, plain printed paper wrappers;
large folding colour printed map ‘Beschaffenheit und Gliederung derEnglischen
Sudkuste von Landsend bis Margate’.
Provenance: with the ink library stamp of the ‘Army Map Service Map Library,
CANCELLED’, 1947; subsequently the Pentagon library, deaccessioned after 9/11.
86. 2. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber England Ostkuste (Nordlicher Teil vom

Humber bis zum Firth of Tay). Text- und Bildheft mit Kartenanlagen. Abgeschlossen
am 15. Oktober 1940’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskarten
und Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil.-Geo), 1941. Oblong 8vo., 130 photographs, 4
large folding maps, original green printed paper wrappers.
Provenance: Purple ink library stamps of the National Library of Technology,

Prague, 1946, throughout.
87. 3. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber England / Schottland. Westkuste -

Nordlicher Teil. (Von Great Ormes Head bis Oban). Abgeschlossen am 28.
Februar 1941’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskarten ud
Vermessungswesen. (IV. Mil.-Geo), 1941. Oblong 8vo., 68 pages of text, 251
photos, 7 folding maps; original green printed paper wrappers.
Provenance: Ink library stamps of the National Library of Technology, Prague,

1946, throughout.
Military Geographic single issue maps of England.
12 folders/wallets:
Provenance: all but two from the National Library of Technology, Prague.
Folder 1: The Border

88. ‘Militargeographische Einzelangaben uber England – Militargeographische
Objektkarten mit Objektbildern. 1 The Border. Inhaltsangabe umseitig’. Berlin:
Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen
Provenance: with the ink library stamps of the National Library of Technology,
Prague, dated 9.XII. 1946, throughout.
Contents:
1. ‘The Border’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing. Showing
the Border country of Scotland and England 1:250,000. Sheet 1 The Border:
comprehensive sheet areas (BB) 1, 2, 3 of the Map of England 1:100,000
2. 4 City plans: Large folding colour printed, with over printing.
Carlisle BB 2a 1:10,000
Newcastle BB 3a, b, c 1:10,000
South Shields BB 3 Tos. Dr. 1:10,000
Sunderland BB 3 Tos. Dr. 1:10,000
3. ‘Objektbilder,... 15. Mai 1942’. Oblong 8vo., 3 pages of text, 42 pages of
photographs; original green printed paper wrappers.
Folder 2: North Royal Central Region

Objektkarten mit Objektbildern. 2 Nordliches Zentralgebiet. Inhaltsangabe
umseitig’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und
Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil.-Geo.), 1942. Original green printed paper wallet.
Contents:
1. ‘Norliches Zentralgebiet’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
Showing the northwestern counties of England.1: 250,000. Sheet 2. North Royal
Central Region comprehensive sheet areas (BB) 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 of
the Map of England 1:100,000.
2. 5 City Plans on 10 sheets: Large folding colour printed, with over-printing.

Barrow-in-Furness BB 8a, b 1:10,000
Preston BB 8c, d 1:10,000
Accrington BB 9e, f 1:10,000
Blackburn’ BB 9g, h 1:10,000
Keighley BB 9ae, af 1:10,000
3. ‘Objekbilder... 6 Mai 1942’. Oblong 8vo., 3 pages of text, 43 pages of photographs;

Folder 3: North-East-England
Objektkarten mit Objektbildern. 3. Nordost-England. Inhaltsangabe umseitig’.
Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und
Contents:
1. ‘Nordost-England’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
Showing the counties of North-east England 1:250,000. Sheet 3. Comprehensive
sheet areas (BB) 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14 of the Map of England 1:100,000
2. 3 City Plans on 6 sheets. Large folding colour printed, with over-printing:

Middlesborough BB 6b, c, d, e 1:10,000
York BB 10 Tos. Dr. 1:10,000
Kingston upon Hull BB 10 Tos. Dr. 1:10,000
3. ‘Objektbilder,... 30. April 1942’. Oblong 8vo., 3 pages of text, 36 pages of

Folder 4: North Wales and Manchester

Objektkarten mit Objektbildern. 4. Nord-Wales und Manchester. Inhaltsangabe
Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil.-Geo.), 1942. Original green printed paper wallet,
front cover detached, worn with minor loss.
Contents:
1. ‘Nord-Wales und Manchester’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-
printing. Showing the counties of northeastern England 1: 250,000. Sheet 4,
comprehensive sheet areas (BB) 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23 The Map of
England 1:100,000

Oldham BB 12 a, b, c, d 1:10,000
Manchester BB 12 e, f, g, h, 1, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s 1:10,000
Bolton BB 12 t, u 1:10,000
Warrington BB 12 v, w, x, y 1:10,000
Liverpool BB 12 aa, ab, ac, ad, ae, af, ag, ah, ai 1:10,000
Wolverhampton BB 16 Tos. Dr. 1:10,000
Stoke on Trent BB 16 e, f 1:10,000
3. ‘Objektbilder,... 31 Marz 1942’. Oblong 8vo., 3 pages of text, 67 pages of
Folder 6: North-Midlands
Objektkarten mit Objektbildern. 6. Nord-Midlands. Inhaltsangabe umseitig’.
Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil.-Geo.), 1942. Remains of original green printed paper
wallet laid down on modern folder.
Prague, throughout.
Contents:
1. ‘Nord-Midlands’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
Showing the counties of the northeastern Midlands, 1:250,000, Sheet 6.
comprehensive sheet areas (BB) 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 of the Map of
England 1:100 000

Burnley BB 9 a, b, c, d 1:10,000
Halifax BB 9 i, k, 1, m 1:10,000
Bradford BB 9 n, o, p1:10,000
Leeds BB 9 q, r, s, t, u, v 1:10,000
Dewsburry-Batley BB 9 w, x 1:10,000
Wakefield BB 9 y, z 1:10,000
Huddersfield BB 9 aa, ab, ac, ad 1:10,000
Sheffield BB 13 a, b, c, d, e 1:10,000
Lincoln BB 14 Tos. Dr. 1:10,000
Grimsby BB 14 e, f 1:10,000
Nottingham BB 17 Tos. Druck 1:10,000
Derby BB 17 c, d, e 1:10,000
Leicester BB 17 f, g 1:10,000
3. ‘Objektbilder,... 12 Marz 1942’. Oblong 8vo., 3 pages of text, 63 pages of

Folder 7: South-Wales
Objektkarten mit Objektbildern. 7. Sud-Wales. Inhaltsangabe umseitig’. Berlin:
Prague, throughout, dated 9.XII.1946.
Contents:
1. ‘Sud-Wales’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing. Showing
Wales,1:250,000. Sheet 7, comprehensive sheet areas (BB) 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 26,
27, 32 of the Map of England 1:100,000
Swansea BB 26 Tos. Dr. 1:10,000
Aberavon -Port Talbot BB 26 c, d 1:10,000
Newport BB 27 Tos. Dr. 1:10,000
Cardiff BB 32 a, b, c 1:10,000
3. ‘Objektbilder,... 30. November 1941’. Oblong 8vo., 3 pages of text, 37 pages of

Folder 8: Midlands
Objektkarten mit Objektbildern. 8. Midlands. Inhaltsangabe umseitig’. Berlin:
Contents:
1. ‘Midlands’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing. Showing the
Midlands. 1:250,000, Sheet 8. comprehensive sheet areas (BB) 16, 17, 18, 22, 23,
24, 27, 28, 29 of the Map of England 1:100,000

Walsall BB 17 h, i, k, 1 1:10,000
Dudley BB 22 a, b, c, d, e 1:10,000
Birmingham BB 23 a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, I 1:10,000
Coventry BB 23 Tos. Dr. 1:10,000
Rugby BB 23 m, n 1:10,000
Northhampton BB 23 Tos. Dr. 1:10,000
Gloucester BB 27 g, h, i, k 1:10,000
Oxford BB 28 Tos. Dr. 1:10,000
3. ‘Objektbilder,... 7 October 1941’. Oblong 8vo., 3 pages of text, 33 pages of

Folder 9: East Anglia
Objektkarten mit Objektbildern. 9. Ost-Anglia. Inhaltsangabe umseitig’. Berlin:
Contents:
1. ‘Ost-Anglia’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing. Showing
East-Anglia. 1:250,000, Sheet 9. comprehensive sheet areas (BB) 18, 19, 24, 25,
29, 30, 34, 40 of the Map of England 1:100,000
2. City Plan. Large folding colour printed, with over-printing:
Ipswich BB 25 Tos. Dr. 1:10,000
3. ‘Objektbilder,... 30 September 1941’. Oblong 8vo., 3 pages of text, 28 pages of
Folder 10: South-West-England

Objektkarten mit Objektbildern. 10. Sudwest-England. Inhaltsangabe umseitig’.
Contents:
1. ‘Sudwest-England’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
Showing Cornwall and part of Devon. 1:250,000. Sheet 10 comprehensive sheet
areas (BB) 31, 35, 36 of the Map of England 1:100,000
2. 3 City Plans. Large folding colour printed, with over-printing:

Exeter BB 35 Tos. Dr. 1:10,000
Plymouth BB 36 Tos. Dr. 1:10,000
Torquay BB 36 Tos. Dr. 1:10,000
3. ‘Objektbilder,... 18 September 1941’. Oblong 8vo., 3 pages of text, 23 pages of

photographs; original green printed paper wrappers. Photographic Intelligence Book.
Folder 11: South-England
Objektkarten mit Objektbildern. 11. Sud-England. Inhaltsangabe umseitig’.
Contents:
1. ‘Sud-England’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing. Showing
Dorset. 1:250,000. Sheet 11. comprehensive sheet areas (BB) 27, 28, 32, 33, 37, 38
of the Map of England 1:100,000
2. 5 City Plans. Large folding colour printed, with over-printing:

Bath BB 32 Tos. Dr. 1:10,000
Bristol BB 32 Tos. Dr. 1:10,000
Bournemouth BB 38 Tos. Dr. 1:10,000
Portsmouth BB 38 Tos. Dr. 1:10,000
Southampton BB 38 Tos. Dr. 1:10,000

Folder 12: South-East-England and London

Objektkarten mit Objektbildern. 12. Sudost-England und London. Inhaltsangabe
Contents:
1. ‘Sudost-England’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
Showing the Home Counties. 1: 250,000. Sheet 12. comprehensive sheet areas
(BB) 28, 29, 30, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40 of the Map of England 1:100,000
2. 4 City Plans:
Reading - BB 33 Tos. Dr. 1:10,000
Brighton - BB 39 Tos. Dr. 1:10,000
Dover - BB 40 Tos. Dr. 1:10,000
Folkestone - BB 40 Tos. Dr. 1:10,000

Ireland
99. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber Irland. Abgeschlossen am 30. September 1940’.

(IV. Mil.-Geo.), 15 August 1940. Original green printed paper wallet, worn and
repaired with tape.
Provenance: 1. With the ink library stamp and mss accession number of the 6889th
Berlin Documents Center.
Contents:
1. ‘Militargeographische Studie ... Textheft’. 8vo., 78 pages of text, one large folding
map; original green printed paper wrappers.
2. ‘... Bildheft’. Oblong 8vo., 121 pages of photographs, one folding map; original
green printed paper wrappers.
3. ‘Ubersihtskarte von Irland 1:1000 000 mit Eintragung von Gelandeschwierigkeiten
und der Hauptwirtschaftszentren’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-
printing, and with general title on pasted slip.
4. ‘Irland: Kraftwerke, Hochspannungsleiteungen und Umformerstationen der
elektrischen Stromversorgung’. Large folding uncoloured map, with general title
on pasted slip. Showing high-voltage electric lines and sub-stations. 1 : 750,000
5. ‘Irland: Eisenbahnnetz mit Stationsverzeichnis 1:1 000 000’. Large folding
uncoloured map. Showing the railroad network, and with directory of stations on
the verso.
6. ‘Irland Funkstellen Fernsprech- und Telegrapennetz’. Large folding uncoloured
map. Showing telephone, telegraph and radio networks and stations. l : 1 000 000.
7. ‘Irland: Strassenkarte mit Hervorhebung wichtigsten Gelandehindernisse’.
Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing, on 2 sheets. Road and
topographical map. 1: 316,800.
8. ‘Stadtdurchfahrtplane Irland...’. 8vo., 25 town plans printed in two colours, many
folding; original grey printed limp cloth wrappers.
9. ‘Stadtplan von Dublin’. Large folding colour printed map. Showing Dublin.
1:10,000 with Military Geographic Registrations.
10. ‘Stadtplan von Belfast’. Large folding colour printed map. Showing Belfast.
1: 10,000 with Military Geographic Registrations.
100. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber Irland. Sud- und Ostkuste (von Mizen
Head bis Malin Head). Text- und Bildheft mit Kartenanlagen. Abgeschlossen
am 31. Mai 1941’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskarten ud
Vermessungswesen. (IV. Mil.-Geo), 1941. Oblong 8vo., 52 pages of text, 157 photos,
6 large folding maps; original green printed paper wrappers.
101. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber Irland. West- und Nordkuste (von Mizen
Head bis Malin Head). Text- und Bildheft mit Kartenanlagen. Abgeschlossen am
15. Oktober 1941’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskarten ud
Vermessungswesen. (IV. Mil.-Geo), 1941. Oblong 8vo., 54 pages of text, 176 photos,
4 large folding maps; original green printed paper wrappers.
The Balkans Campaign
XI GENERALSTAB DES The Balkans Campaign began with the invasion of Greece by Italy on the 28th of
HEERES ABTEILUNG FUR October, 1940, and intensified dramatically on April 6th, 1941 when the German
KRIEGSKARTEN UND
army, supported by Hungarian and Bulgarian forces, attacked Yugoslavia and
VERMESSUNGSWESEN
Greece. For the next four years a “vicious partisan conflict... raged across the
The ‘Planheft’ and a collection of Balkans” (National Army Museum online).
‘Militargeographische’ packets
for the Southeastern Europe and
Danube Region and Balkan Peninsula
the Balkan Peninsula.
Publication
Berlin, 15th May 1940 – 20th April 1944.
102. ‘Planheft Balkan’. Berlin: Im Aufträge der Abteilung für Kriegskarten und
Vermessungswesen im Generalstab des Heeres bearbeitet von der
Heeresplankammer, 1940. Folio. 68 pages of text, 2 folding maps, 7 full-page
maps; original green printed stiff paper boards, stapled and laced as issued. With
Supplement II: ‘Nachtrag zum Planheft Balkan’, dated 20.IV.41, with 23 further
maps, one or two folding, supplied in original wrap-around band.
Provenance: With the shelfmarks and library labels of the Pentagon Library,
103. ‘Sudost-Europa. Donauraum und Balkanhalbinsel. Ein militargeographischer

Uberlich. Abgeschlossen 15. Marz 1940’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung
fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen, 1940. Original green stiff printed paper wallet.
Contents:
1. ‘Militargeographische Uberlich uber Sudost-Europa (Donauraum und
Balkanhalbinsel). Abgeschlossen 15.3.1940’. 8vo., 295 pages of text; original green
2. ‘Sudosteuropa... Nordblatt’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 1 000 000.
Northern territories.
3. ‘Sudosteuropa... Sudblatt’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 1 000 000.
Southern territories.
4. ‘Landschaftsgliederung...’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 3 000 000.
Showing regional outlines, and with a gazetteer on verso.
5. ‘Die Volker des...’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 3 000 000. Showing
population by ethnicity.
6. ‘Ubersicht der Kartenwerke’. Large folding map with over-printing. 1 : 3 000 000.
Index map.
7. ‘Militargeographische Operationskarte... Norwestblatt’. Large folding colour
printed map. 1 : 1 000 000. Showing military operations.
8. ‘Militargeographische Operationskarte... Sudostblatt’. Large folding colour
printed map. 1 : 1 000 000. Showing military operations.
9. Railway map. Not present.
10. ‘Nachtrage zu Sudost-Europa Donauraum und Balkanhalbinsel. Ein
militargeographischer Uberlich. Stand vom 1.12.1940’. Berlin: 1941. Small (8vo.,)
portfolio. 6 loose leaves of text, dated 5th January 1941, large folding colour
printed map ‘Ubersichtskarte von Rumanien (Grenzen am 30.8.1940)’, 3 folding
tissue overlay maps; original green printed paper folder. Supplemental material,
not called for.
Romania
104. ‘Landschaftsbilder Rumanien’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur

Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen, 1940. 8vo., 62 pages of photographs;
original buff printed paper wrappers.
Provenance: with the accession label and shelfmarks of the Pentagon library,
Germany was dependent on Romania’s oilfields during WWII, and by November

1940, German troops were amassing in the south preparing for an attack on
Greece through Bulgaria.
Bulgaria
105. ‘Bulgarien. Allgemeine Angaben sowie Beschreibun der Hauptverbindungstrassen

von der Donau uber die bulg. Griech. Grenze nach Nordgriechenland und zur
bulg. Turk. Grenze’. [Berlin:] Generastab des Heeres
O. Qu. IV. Abt. Fremde Heere Ost (I), December 1940. 8vo., 14 leaves of text, 3
folding maps in pockets; original red printed paper wrappers.
Provenance: with the ink stamp of the Third Reich and other official stamps on
the front cover and title-page.
Contents:
1. ‘Strassenkarte Bulgarien. Anlage 1: “Die Hauptverbindungs Strassen Bulgariens”’.
Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 600 000. General
topographical map, showing the main routes between Belgrade, Sofia and Saloniki.
2. ‘Strassenkarte Bulgarien. Anlage 2 zu: “Die Hauptverbindungs Strassenbulgariens”’.
Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 600 000. General topographical
map, showing the main routes between Bucuresti (Bukarest) Plovdiv, and Istanbul.
3. ‘Kires-Karte Bulgarien. Anlage 3 zu: “Die Hauptverbindungs Strassen Bulgariens”’.
Large folding uncoloured lithographed map. 1 : 1 000 000. Showing the main
roads through Bulgaria.
Bulgaria was initially a ‘neutral’ country at the onset of World War II. However,
from March of 1941, she was forced into a pact with the Axis powers, which
would allow the German army to march through to aid the Italians in their
conquest of Greece.
Yugoslavia
106. ‘Militargeographische Beschreibung von Jugoslawien. Abgeschlossen 15. Juni 1940’.

Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung für Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen
(IV.Mil.Geo.), 1940. Original green printed stiff paper wallet.
Provenance: with the ink stamp of the Third Reich, and a contemporary manuscript
note recording receipt in German on the inside front cover; near contemporary
ink library stamp of a Slovenian institution on the front cover.
Contents:
1. ‘...Text- und Bildheft’. 8vo., 91 pages of text, 81 pages of photographs; original
white printed paper wrappers.
2. ‘JugoslawienUbersicht und Landschaftsgliederung’. Large folding colour
printed map, with over-printing. 1 : 1 000 000. General topographical map.
3. ‘Jugoslawien / Strassennetz’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 1 000 000.
Showing the main roads.
4. ‘Jugoslawien / Eisenbahnnetz’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 1 000 000.
Showing the rail network.
5. ‘Jugoslawien / Verwaltungseinteilung’. Large folding colour printed map.
1 : 1 000 000. Showing the administrative divisions.
6. ‘Jugoslawien Fernsprech – und – Telegraphen netz’. Large folding uncoloured
map. 1 : 1 500 000. Showing the telephone and telegraph network.
7. ‘Jugoslawien: Volkliche Gliederung kerngebiete. Entworfen von Dr. Manfred
Straka, Sudostdeutches Institut, Graz’. Large folding two-colour printed map.
1 : 1 500 000. Showing population by ethnicity.
8. ‘Jugoslawien: Volkliche Gliederung Mehrheitsgebiete unter besonderer
Berucklichtigung des Deutschtums. Entworfen von Dr. Manfred Straka,
Sudostdeutsches Institut, Graz’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 1 500 000.
Showing population by ethnicity, but with an emphasis on German culture.
9. ‘Jugoslawien Verzeichnis der Ort mit deutscher Bevolferung in deutscher und
jugoslawicher Ramensform. Mit einer Finfurhrung zur Karte Jugosalwien –
Volfliche Verhaltnisse 1 : 1, 500 000’. Graz, Steirerdruct, Steirifche
Universitatsdruchterei, 1940. 8vo., 38 pages of text and one folding map; original
white printed paper wrappers.
10. ‘Stadtplan von Belgrad (mit Zemun)’. Large folding colour printed map – with
over-printing. 1 : 15 000. City plan of Belgrade.
11. ‘Stadtdurchfahrten Jugoslawien’. Berlin: Gen.-Stab d. H.-Abt. T. Kriegskarten
u. Vermessungswesen, Mai 1940. Large folding colour printed broadside with 18
town-plans; self-wrappers.
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was partitioned between Germany, Italy, Hungary

and Bulgaria, after falling to the Axis forces in April of 1941.
Albania
107. ‘Einzeldarstellung der geographischen Bedingungen fur die Verteidgung der

Kusten Albaniens mit anliegender Mil Geo-Karte 1 : 500 000. Oktober 1943.
Gemeinsam bearbeitet von Generlstab des Heeres, Abt. Fur Kriegskarten und
Vermessungswesen (Iv. Mil Geo) und Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine, Amtsgruppe
Nautik, Nautisch-Wissenschaftliche Abt. (Mar Geo)’. Berlin: Generalstab des
Heeres, Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (IV. MilGeo), 1943.
Folio, 32 pages of text, one large folding colour printed map, with over-printing in
pocket at end; original red cloth backed red stiff printed paper boards. Map:
‘Albanien Kuste u. Hinterland. 3. Ausgabe Stand: Dezember 1943’. 1 : 200 000.
Reduced from a larger map of Yugoslavia.

In April of 1939, Albania was invaded by Mussolini’s army, and became part of his
Italian Empire. Once Italy aligned with the Allies, in September of 1943, German
military forces moved into Albania and it came under German occupation.
Greece
108. ‘Militargeographische Beschreibung von Griechenland (ohne Nordost-Griechenland).

Abgeschlossen am 31. Marz 1941’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur
Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil-Geo.), 1941. Original green printed
stiff paper wallet.
Contents:
1. ‘...Textheft’. Not present.
2. ‘...Bildheft’. Oblong 8vo., 189 pages of photographs; original green printed
paper wrappers.
3. ‘Sudosteuropa... Sudblatt’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 1 000 000.
Southern territories.
4. ‘Fernsprech- und Telegraphennetz’. Large folding uncoloured map. 1 : 800 000.
Showing electricity and telegraph lines.
5. ‘Strassenkarte von Griechenland’. Large folding colour printed map, with
over-printing. 1 : 600 000. Large-scale roadmap.
6. ‘Stadtplan von Athen’. Large folding two-colour printed city plan. 1 : 10 000. Athens.
7. ‘Mil.-Geo.-Plan von Piraus’. Large folding two-colour printed city plan, with
overprinting. 1 : 10 000. The port of Piraeus with strategic buildings marked.
109. ‘Militargeographische Beschreibung von Nordost-Griechenland (Ebene von

Saloniki bis Maritzatal). Abgeschlossen am 20. Dezember 1940’. Berlin: Generlastab
des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil. –Geo.)
Contents:
1. [‘Textheft mit Bildanhang’]. 8vo., 60 pages of text, 48 pages of photographs,
8 folding maps, 7 full-page maps; original cream printed paper wrappers, stained.
Single blue sheet letterpress ‘Berchtigung’, 10 January 1940, loosely inserted.
2. ‘Mittelbalkan’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 1 000 000. Greece.
3. ‘Strassenkarte...’. large folding colour printed map. 1 : 600 000. Centered on
Bucarest. Second sheet not present.
4. ‘Stadtplan von Saloniki’. Large folding two-colour printed map. 1 : 10 000.
110. ‘Uberblick der militargeographischen Bedingungen fur die Verteidigung der
Kusten Sudost-Europas Bildanhang. Juli 1943’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres
Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungwesen (IV Mil-Geo), 1943. Folio.
120 pages of photographs; original red printed paper wrappers, worn.
Provenance: with remains the accession labels and shelfmarks of the Pentagon
library, deaccessioned after 9/11.
Images of the Greek and Albanian coast.
111. ‘Militargeographische Beschreibung von Griechenland (mit Makedonien un

Westthrakien). Textheft. Abgeschlossen am 20. April 1944’. Berlin: Generalstab
des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (IV Mil Geo),
1944. Folio. 142 pages of text, 3 folding maps, large folding colour printed map,
with over-printing, in pocket at end; original red printed paper wrappers.
Map: ‘Landschaftsgliederung und Malariaverbreitung von Griechenland...
Deutsche Heereskarte Ausgabe Nr. 2. Stand 29.2.44.’ Showing the spread and
prevalence of malaria in Greece.
112. ‘Militargeographische Beschriebung von Griechenland (mit Makedonien und

Westthrakien). Bildheft. Abgeschlossen am 20. April 1944’. Berlin: Generalstab
des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (IV Mil Geo),
1944. Folio. 248 pages of photographs.
Provenance: library stamps removed from the front cover.

Once Italy had annexed Albania, it set its sights firmly on Greece. Greek successes
against Italian incursion, forced Germany’s hand and the army invaded Greece
and Yugoslavia, through Romania and Bulgaria in April of 1941.
Cyprus
113. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber Zypern. Abgeschlossen am 10. Mai 1941’.

(IV Mil Geo), 1941. Original grey printed stiff paper slipcase, worn.
Contents:
1. ‘...Textheft mit Bildanhang’. 8vo., 45 pages of text, 38 pages of photographs,
6 folding maps; original grey printed paper wrappers.
2. ‘Zypern’. Large folding colour printed map. 1 : 250 000. Cyprus.
3. ‘Seekarte von Zypern’. Large uncoloured folding chart. 1 : 325 000. Chart of the
coastline of Cyprus.
Cyprus remained a supporter of the Allied cause during WWII, particularly after
the Italian and German invasions of Greece in 1940 and 1941. The island escaped
invasion, becoming an important supply, training, naval and air base for the British
and other Allied forces.
Russia - Operation Barbarossa
XII GENERALSTAB DES On June 22, 1941, the German army began a three-pronged invasion of Russia.
HEERES ABTEILUNG FUR They reached the gates of Leningrad and Moscow, but, as with Napoleon before,
KRIEGSKARTEN UND
superior forces, and the might of the Russian winter of 1941-1942, prevailed.
VERMESSUNGSWESEN
Germany was now fighting of two fronts, a war that it could not win.
The ‘Planheft’ and a collection of
‘Militargeographische’ packets 114. ‘Zeichenerklarung fur Russische Karten’. Warsaw: Bearbeite und herausgegeben
for Russia.
im Auftrag Oberkommando des Heeres / Generalstab des Heeres Chef des Kriegs-
Publication Karten- und Vermessungswesens durch Kriegs-Karton- und Vermessungsamt,
Berlin and Warsaw, 1st March, 1941 –
December, 1942. 1942. Folio. 40 pages, some colour printed; original brown printed paper wrappers.
Key to maps of Russia.
115. ‘Planheft Russland. 2. Ausgabe’. Berlin: Im Aufträge der Abteilung für Kriegskarten und
Vermessungswesen im Generalstab des Heeres bearbeitet von der Heeresplankammer,
1.IX.1942. Portfolio. 47 colour printed maps, many folding, with accompanying
explanatory text; original green printed paper boards, laced as issued.
Provenance: With the ink library stamp of the Bundesarchiv Militararchiv

Amtsdrucksachen, and their accession details in manuscript on the front cover.
Western RUSSIA – Europaische Russland
MAPPE A – Allgemeiner Überblick - Supplement only

116. ‘Anlage zu Mil.-Geo.-Angaben uber das Europaische Russland. Mappe A:
Allgemeiner Uberlick vom 1. Marz 1941. Grosse Kartenskizzen zum Textheft’.
Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abt. F. Kr. K. u. Verm. W., March 1941. Original
buff printed paper chemise.
Provenance: chemise with near contemporary inscription in German on the inside

front cover, as having been received on the 30th April, 1943; with the ink library
stamps of the ‘Army Map Service Library’, dated 1947; and of the Heringen Collection.
Contents:
1. ‘Europaische Russland: Bodenarten’. Large folding uncoloured map. Showing
geology for the whole of western Russia.
2. ‘Europaische Russland: Bewachsung’. Large folding uncoloured map. Showing
groundcover for the whole of western Russia.
3. ‘Funkstellen (Ubersicht) UdSSR (europaischer Teil). Large folding uncoloured
map. Showing radio and telephone signal stations across the whole of western
Russia, and their range.
4. Not present.
5. ‘Europaische Russland Bodenorganisation der sowjetrussischen Fliedgertruppe
(Ubersicht)’. Large folding uncoloured map. 1: 3 300 000. General map showing
the Russian airforce positions as of December 1940.
6. ‘Europaische Russland Industrie’. Large folding two-colour printed map.
Showing positions and types of industry throughout western Russia.
7. ‘Europaische Russland: Kraftwerke’. Large folding uncoloured map. Showing
positions of powerplants.
8. ‘Dicht der Landlichen Bevolkerung zu Kapitel’. Folding uncoloured map.
Showing rural population density throughout western Russia.
MAPPE B - Baltic
117. ‘Militargeographishce Angaben uber das Europaische Russland. Mappe B. Die
Baltischen Lander (Estland, Lettland, Litauen). Abgeschlossen am 1. Marz 1941.
Teil I’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskarten un
Vermessungswesen (IV.Mil.-Gep.), 1941. Original buff printed stiff paper slipcase,
separations at folds.
Provenance: with the ink library stamps of an archive in Stabia.
Contents:
1. ‘... Textheft’. 8vo., 189 pages of text, 7 folding maps; original buff printed paper
wrappers.
2. ‘... Bidheft’. Oblong 8vo., 109 pages of photographs; original buff printed paper
wrappers.
3. ‘Ubersichtskarte der Baltischen Lander’ MISSING
4. ‘Gewasser u. sonst. Gelandehindernisse’. Large folding colour printed map, with
over-printing. Showing waterways. LOOSE IN MYLAR.
MAPPE B III
118. ‘Militargeographishce Angaben uber das Europaische Russland. Mappe B. Die
Baltischen Lander (Estland, Lettland, Litauen). Teil III Stadtplane’. Berlin:
Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskarten un Vermessungswesen (IV.Mil.-Gep.),
1941. Original buff printed stiff paper slipcase; maps with original paper band.
Contents:
1. ‘Dorpat (Tartu)’. Large folding colour printed city plan, with overprinting.
1: 7 500
2. ‘Dunaburg (Daugavpils)’. Large folding colour printed city plan, with
overprinting. 1: 15 000
3. ‘Kowno (Kaunas)’. Large folding colour printed city plan, with overprinting.
1: 15 000
4. ‘Libau (Liepaja)’. Large folding colour printed city plan, with overprinting.
1: 10 000
5. ‘Mitau ( Jelgava)’. Large folding colour printed city plan, with overprinting.
1: 10 000
6. ‘Narwa’. Large folding colour printed city plan, with overprinting. 1: 10 000
7. ‘Pernau (Parnu)’. Large folding colour printed city plan, with overprinting.
1: 15 000
8. ‘Reval (Tallinn)’. Large folding colour printed city plan, with overprinting.
1: 12 500
9. ‘Riga’. Large folding colour printed city plan, with overprinting. 1: 25 000
10. ‘Wilna (Vilnius)’. Large folding colour printed city plan, with overprinting.
1: 15 000
Leningrad
MAPPE C
119. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber das Europaische Russland: Gebiet Leningrad.
Abgeschlossen am 10 Juni 1941.’ Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur
Kriegskarten un Vermessungswesen (IV.Mil.-Gep.), 1941. Original buff printed
paper wallet.
Provenance: Wallet annotated at an early date in pencil and ink; with the ink library
stamp of the ‘Mil Geo A Bibliothek’ throughout; the ink accession stamp of the
Heringen Collection; with the ink library stamps of the ‘Army Map Service
Library’, 1947; with the library label and shelfmarks of the Pentagon Library,
Contents:
1. ‘...Textheft’. 8vo., 163 pages of text, 8 large folding maps, one full-page map,
original buff printed paper wrappers.
2. ‘...Bildheft’. Oblong 8vo., 121 photos, original buff printed paper wrappers.
3. ‘Ubersicht’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing. General map
of the area. 1: 1 000 000
4. ‘Verwaitungsgliederung und nationale Minderheiten’. Large folding colour
printed map, with over-printing. Showing the Administrative divisions and
National Minorities. 1:1 000 000
5. ‘Strassenubersicht’. Large folding colour printed map. Street map. 1: 1 000 000
6. ‘Bevolkerungsdichte’. Large folding colour printed map. Showing population
density. 1:1 000 000.
7. Not present.
8. ‘Eisenbahnen und Schiffahrtslinien’. Large folding colour printed map, with
Station Directory on verso. Showing railways and shipping routes. 1:1000 000
9. ‘Stadtplan von Leningrad’. Large folding colour printed map. City plan. 1:25 000.
10. ‘Stadtplan von Pskow’. Large folding colour printed map. City plan. 1:25 000.
11. ‘Plan des Leningrader Hafens’. Large uncoloured folding map with key. Plan
of Leningrad Port. 1:15,000
Karelien and the Kola Peninsula
MAPPE D
120. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber das Europaische Russland. Karelien und
Kola. Abgeschlossen am 15. Juni 1941’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung
fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil.-Geo.), 1941. Original buff
printed paper slipcase, worn.
Provenance: with the ink library stamp of the A ‘Mil Geo Bibliothek’ throughout;
the ink stamp of the Heringen Collection; with the accession label, library label,
and shelfmark of the Pentagon Library, deaccessioned after 9/11.
Contents:
1. ‘...Textheft’. 8vo., 146 pages of text, 7 folding maps; original buff printed paper
wrappers, loose as issued.
2. ‘...Bildheft’. Oblong 8vo., 146 pages of photographs; original buff printed paper
wrappers.
3. ‘Karelien und Kola: Ubersicht’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-
printing. General map of the Kola peninsula in far northwest Russia. 1:2 000 000.
4. ‘Karelian und Kola: Verwaltungsgliederung’. Large folding colour printed map,
with over-printing. Showing the administrative divisions of the Kola peninsula.
1:2 000 000
5. ‘Karelian und Kola: Nationalitaten’. Large folding colour printed map, with
over-printing. Showing racial demographics of the Kola peninsula. 1: 2 000 000
6. ‘Karelian und Kola: Bevolkerungsdichte’. Large folding colour printed map,
with over-printing. Showing population density of the Kola peninsula. 1:2 000 000
7. ‘Karelian und Kola: Vegetationszonen’. Large folding colour printed map, with
over-printing. Showing the type of groundcover across the Kola peninsula.
1: 2 000 000
8. ‘Karelian und Kola: Strassen Ubersicht’. Large folding colour printed map, with
over-printing. General roadmap of the Kola peninsula. 1: 2 000 000.
9. ‘Strassenubersicht des nordfinnisch-russischen Grenzgebiets’. Large colour
printed map, with over-printing. Showing the Russian Finnish border. 1: 1 000 000.
10. ‘Karelian und Kola: Eisenbahnen und Schiffahrtslinien’. Large colour printed
map, with over-printing. Showing the railroad and shipping routes.
Welssrussland
MAPPE E - not present
Ukraine
MAPPE F
121. Militargeographische Angaben uber das Europaische Russland. Ukraine
(einschliesslich Moldaurepublik und Krim). Stadtdurchfahrtplane. Abgeschlossen
am 1. April 1941’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und
Vermessungswesen (IV.Mil.-Geo), 1941. 8vo., one folding general map as
frontispiece, 58 colour printed town plans, some folding; original grey printed
paper wrappers.
122. ‘Ukraine: Strassenkarte’. Large folding 2-colour printed map. General roadmap of
Ukraine.
Mappe F II - Ukraine Part II

123. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber das Europaische Russland Ukraine mit
Moldaurepublik und Krim. Teill II’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur
Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil.-Geo.), 1941. Original buff printed
paper wallet.
Contents:
1. ‘... Ukraine (einschliesslich Moldaurepublik und Krim). Stadtdurchfahrtplane.
Abgeschlossen am 1. April 1941’. 8vo., one folding general map as frontispiece, 58
colour printed town plans, some folding; original grey printed paper wrappers.
2. ‘Stadtplan Charkow’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
3. ‘Stadtplan von Cherson’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
4. ‘Stadtplan von Czernowitz’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
5. ‘Stadtplan von Kiew’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
6. ‘Stadtplan von Kischinew’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
7. ‘Stadtplan von Lemberg (Lwowa)’. Large folding colour printed map, with
over-printing.
8. ‘Stadtplan von Nikolajew und Umberg’. Large folding colour printed map, with
over-printing.
9. ‘Stadtlplan von Odessa’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
10. ‘Stadtplan von Sewastopol’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
11. ‘Stadtplan von Stanislau (Stanislawow)’. Large folding colour printed map,
with over-printing.
12. ‘Stadtplan von Taganrog’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
Central Russia, without Moscow
MAPPE G
124. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber das Europaische Russland Zentral-Russland
(ohne Moskau). Abgeschlossen am 15. Mai 1941’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres
Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil.-Geo.), 1941.
Original buff printed paper wallet.
Provenance: with the ink library stamp of the ‘A Mil Geo Bibliothek’ throughout;
the ink stamp of the Heringen Collection; with the accession label, library label,
and shelfmark of the Pentagon Library, deaccessioned after 9/11.
Contents:
wrappers.
2. ‘... Ortschaftsverzeichnis’. 8vo., 90 pages of town plans; original buff printed
paper wrappers. Directory of towns.
3. ‘... Stadtdurchfahrtplane (mit Moskau). 8vo., one folding map as frontispiece,
14 pages of colour printed town plans, some with 2 on one page; original grey
4. ‘... Bildheft’. Oblong 8vo., 100 pages of photographs.
5. ‘Zentral-Russland (ohne Moskau) Ubersichtskarte’. Large folding map,
over-printed. General map of Central Russia. 1:2 500 000.
5A. as above, but dated 1942.
6. ‘Zentral-Russland Strassenkarte Nordteil’, ‘... Sudteil’. Large folding colour
printed road map, with over-printing, on 2 sheets. 1:1 000 000
7. ‘Zentral-Russland Gelande- u. Gewasseerkarte Nordteil’, ‘... Sudteil’. Large
folding colour printed map of the waterways, with over-printing, on 2 sheets.
1:1 000 000
8. ‘Zentral-Russland (ohne Moskau) Schema der Eisenbahnen und
Schiffahrtslinien mit Angabe der Bahnhofe und Haltestellen’. Large folding map
printed in 2 colours. Showing the railroads and shipping routes. 1:1 500 000
Moscow
MAPPE H
125. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber da Europaische Russland. Moskau...
Abgeschlossen am 20. Juni 1941’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur
Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil.-Geo.), 1941. Original buff printed
paper wallet.
Contents:
1. ‘... Text- und Bildheft’. 8vo., 139 pages of text, 65 pages of photographs; original
buff printed paper wrappers
2. ‘... Atlas’. 8vo., 25 colour printed mostly folding maps with perforations in the
gutter; original buff printed paper wrappers. Each map identifies industries, army
placements, presses, the Kremlin, and includes an overlay of a plan of Berlin on
one. 1:10,000 to 1:25,000
3. ‘Moskau I. (Gesamtes Stadtgebiet)’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-
printing and a key in the margins and on the verso. 1:25,000.
4. ‘Moskau II. (Stadtkern). Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing
and a key in the margins. 1:10,000
5. ‘Moskau Verkehrsmittel’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
1: 35 000. Showing transport routes.
Caucasus with Rostow and ASSR Kalmukien
MAPPE J
126. ‘2. Ausgabe Militargeographische Angaben uber das Europaische Russland.
Kaukasien (mit Gebiet Rostow und ASSR Kalmukien). Abgeschlossen a 17,
August 1942’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und
Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil. – Geo.), 1942. Original buff printed paper wallet.
Provenance: with the ink library stamps of the ‘Padagogische Hoschule’ [Teachers
Training College] of Berlin.
Contents:
1. ‘...Textheft’. 8vo., 47 pages, 7 folding maps, original buff printed paper wrappers
2. ‘...Bildheft’. Oblong 8vo., 132 photos, original buff printed paper wrappers.
3. ‘Kaukasien, Ubersichtskarte’. Large folding colour printed map with over-printing,
and with correction to title ‘Gelandekarte’ has been obscured and replaced with
‘Ubersichtskarte’. General map of the Caucasus. 1:500,000
4. ‘Kaukasien, Gelandekarte’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
Topographical map. 1:1 500 000.
4A. Another example.
5. ‘Schema der Eisenbahnen und Schiffahrtslinien’. Large folding colour printed
map, with over-printing, 1:1 500 000. Showing the railways and shipping routes.
Supplements [to MAPPE J]
127. ‘Das Hochgebirge des Kaukasus Bearbeitet von der Heeres-Hochgebirgsscule.

Abgeschlossen am 18.7.1942’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur
Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil. – Geo.), 1942. 8vo., 37 pages,
full-page maps and plans; original buff printed paper wrappers. A brief description
of the high mountain passes in the northern Caucusus, and a list of place-names.
128. ‘Beschreibungen von Ubergangen und Hochgebigs-passen im Ost-Kaukasus.

Bearbeitet von der Heeres-Hochgebirgsschule. Abgeschlossen am 18.7.1942’.
(IV. Mil. – Geo.), 1942. 8vo., 27 pages; original buff printed paper wrappers.
A detailed list of the high mountain passes and trails in the East Caucusus.
129. ‘Beschreibungen der Ubergange uber die Hochgebirgspasse im West-Kaukasus.

Abgeschlossen am 18.7.1942’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur
Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil. – Geo.), 1942. 8vo., 33 pages, and
one folding map; original buff printed paper wrappers. The map shows the trails
and passes through the mountains.
130. ‘Beschreibungen der Ubergange uber die Hochgebirgspasse im Zentral-Kaukasus.

Bearbeitet van der Heeres-Hochgebirgsschule. Abgeschlossen am 18.7.1942’.
(IV. Mil. – Geo.), 1942. 8vo., 55 pages, and one folding map; original buff printed
paper wrappers. The map shows the trails and passes through the mountains.
The Volga
Mappe K
131. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber das Europaische Russland Die Wolgagebiete.
Abgeschlossen am 10. Juli 1941’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur
Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil. – Geo.), 1941. Original buff
printed paper wallet.
Provenance: Library stamp removed from front cover, probably the ‘Bundesarchiv
Militararchiv Amtsdrucksachen’, with a mss acquisition number “RHD 21/262
(Doppel)” beneath; probably from the Heringen Collection and subsequently; the
Pentagon Library, deaccessioned after 9/11.
Contents:
1. ‘... Textheft’. 8vo., 81 pages of text; 6 folding maps; original buff printed paper
wrappers. Library stamps removed from front cover.
2. ‘... Ortschaftsverzeichnis’. 8vo., 43 pages of text; original buff printed paper
wrappers.
3. ‘... Bildheft’. Oblong 8vo., 90 pages of photographs.
4. ‘Die Wolgagebiete: Ubersichtskarte’. Large colour printed folding map, with
over-printing. General map of the Volga region. 1 : 1 500 000.
5. ‘Die Wolgagebiete: Strassenubersicht’. Large colour printed folding map, with
over-printing. Roadmap. 1 : 1 500 000.
6. ‘Die Wolgagebiete: Gelande- und Gewasserkarte’. Large colour printed folding
map, with over-printing. Showing waterways and groundcover. 1 : 1 500 000.
7. ‘Die Wolgagebiete, Schema der Eisenbahnen und Schiffahrtslinien’. Large colour
printed folding map, with over-printing. Showing railways and shipping routes.
8. ‘Stadplanskizze Gorkij (Nishnij Nowgorod)’. Large colour printed folding map,
with overprinting. City plan of Gorky.
MAPPE K – later edition

132. ‘Nachtrag zu ... Stand vom 1. Dezember 1941’. Green printed paper slipcase only,
no contents.
The Urals
MAPPE L
133. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber das Europaische Russland. Ural-Gebiete.
Abgeschlossen am 30. September 1941’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung
fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil. – Geo.), 1941. Original buff
Contents:
wrappers.
2. ‘... Ortschaftverzeichnis’. 8vo., 45 pages; original buff printed paper wrappers.
3. ‘...Bildheft’. Oblong 8vo., 137 pages of photographs; original buff printed paper
wrappers.
4. ‘Ural-Gebiete, Ubersichtskarte’. Large folding colour printed map, with
over-printing. General map of the region. 1: 7 500 000
5. ‘Ural-Gebiete, Strassenubersicht’. Large folding colour printed map, with
over-printing. Route-map. 1 : 7 500 000
6. ‘Ural-Gebiete, Gelande- und Gewasserkarte’. Large folding colour printed map,
with over-printing. Showing waterways and groundcover. 1: 2 500 000
7. ‘Ural-Gebiete, Eisenbahnen und Schiffarhrtslinien’. Large folding colour
printed map, with over-printing. Showing railways and shipping routes. 1 : 1 500 000
8. 4 uncoloured folding city plans of ‘Sswerdlowsk’ 1:33 000; ‘Magnitogorsk’ 1:22 000
‘Kirow’ 1:12 500; ‘Tscheljabinsk’ (with over-printing) 1:50 000
Vologda Archangel
MAPPE M
134. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber das Europaische Russland Gebiete
Wologda-Archangelsk. Abgeschlossen am 5. August 1941’. Berlin: Generalstab
des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil. – Geo.),
1941. Original buff printed paper wallet.
Provenance: with the ink library stamp of the Bundesarchiv Militarachiv

Amtedrucksach; the ink library stamp of the Heringen Collection; the library
label, stamp, and shelfmarks of the Pentagon Library, deaccessioned after 9/11.
Contents:
1. ‘...Textheft’. 8vo., 76 pages of text, 2 folding maps; contemporary buff printed
paper wrappers.
2. ‘... Bildheft’. Oblong 8vo., 122 pages of photographs; original printed buff paper
wrappers.
3. ‘Stadtplan von Wologda’. Large uncoloured folding city plan with key. 1: 20 000
4. ‘Stadtplan von Archangelsk’. Large uncoloured folding city plan with key. 1 : 20 000
5. ‘Gebiete Wologda – Archangelsk, Ubersichtskarte (zugleich Strassenubersicht).
Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing. General map showing
principal transport routes. 1 : 2 500 000
6. ‘Gebiete Wologda – Archangelsk, Gewasserkarte’. Large folding colour printed
map, with over-printing. Showing the waterways of the region. 1: 2 500 000
7. ‘Gebiete Wologda – Archangelsk Schema der Eisenbahnen und
Schiffahrtslinien mit Angabe der Bahnhofe und Haltestellan’. Large folding
two-colour printed. Showing railroads and shipping routes. 1 : 1 500 000
Northeast Russia
MAPPE N
135. ‘Entwurf Militargeographische Angaben uber das Europaische Russland.
Nordost-Russland. Abgeschlossen am 1. Juni 1942’. Berlin: Generalstab des
Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil. – Geo.),
1943. Original buff printed paper wallet, worn.
Provenance: with the accession label and shelfmark of the Pentagon Library,
Contents:
wrappers
2. ‘... Bildheft’. Oblong 8vo., 121 pages of photographs; original buff printed paper
wrappers.
3. ‘Nordost-Russland Ubersicht’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-
printing. General map of the are extending from the Barents Sea in the north,
Arkangelsk in the west, to the northern Urals. 1 : 2 500 000
4. ‘Nordost-Russland. Schema der Eisenbahnen und Schiffahrtslinien’. Large
folding 2-colour printed map showing the railroads and shipping routes. 1 : 2 500 000
5. ‘Nordost-Russland. Gewasserkarte’. Large folding colour printed map, with
over-printing. Showing the waterways and shipping routes. 1 : 2 500 000
Eastern Russia - Asiatische Russland.
MAPPE B
136. ‘Entwurf. Militargeographische Angaben uber das Asiatische Russland. Kasachstan
– Turkestan. Stand: XII. 1942’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur
Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil. – Geo.), 1942. Original buff
Provenance: with the ink library stamps of the ‘Padagogische Hoschule’ [Teachers
Training College] of Berlin.
Contents:
wrappers.
2. ‘... Ubersicht uber die Verwaltungseingheiten...’. 8vo., 45 leaves of text; original
buff printed paper wrappers. Overview of administrative units.
3. ‘... Gewasserbeschreibungen...’. 8vo., 51 leaves of text, one folding map; original
buff printed paper wrappers. Overview of water resources, including tides etc.
4. ‘... Ortschaftsverzeichnis...’ 8vo., 45 leaves of text; original buff printed paper
wrappers. Gazeteer.
5. ‘... Bildheft...’ 8vo., 230 pages of photographs; original buff printed paper wrappers.
6. ‘Kasachstan – Turkestan Gelande- u. Strassenubersicht’. Large folding colour
printed map, with over-printing. General route and terrain map. 1 : 5 000 000
7. ‘Kasachstan – Turkestan Ubersichtskarte’. Large folding colour printed map,
with over-printing. General index map of the region. 1 : 5 000 000
8. ‘Kasachstan – Turkestan Gewasserkarte’. Large folding colour printed map, with
over-printing. Showing the waterways and resources. 1 : 5 000 000
9. ‘Kasachstan – Turkestan Schema der Eisenbahnen und Schiffahrtslinien mit
Angabe der Stationen’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
Showing the railroads and shipping routes. 1 : 3 125 000
A Global German Empire
XIII OBERKOMMANDO DES HEERES 137. ‘Landerweise Zusammenstellung aller Karten und Mil-Geo-Arbeiten’. Berlin:
Oberkommando des Heeres, 10 Juli, 1943. Portfolio. 73 leaves of text and tables;
A collection of documents and
maps related to the Germany’s one uncoloured folding frontispiece map, 130 mostly folding maps; original red
projected Global Empire. printed paper boards, laced as issued.
Publication
Berlin, 1940 - 9th August, 1944 Provenance: “Ausland Archiv, Nitsche Amtmann”, penciled on the title-page.
Detailing all the maps published by the Generalstab der Heeres, to July 1943.
138. ‘Planheft Ubersichten der Kartengitter Europa, Nordafrika un Vorderasien. Vom

14. Oktober 1943’. Berlin: Oberkommando des Heeres, 1943. Folio. 55 pages of
text, large folding map of the eastern hemisphere at end; original green printed
paper boards.
Provenance: with the ink library stamps of the Technical College, Berlin, throughout.
Greater German Reich
139. ‘Karte des Deuschten Reiches. Militargeographische Einzelangaben zum Grossblatt

2530 (EB 119b [Sud]; EB 129 [Nord]). BB:... Trier,...Bernkastel, Saarburg,... Birkenfeld’.
Wiesbaden: Wehrkreiskommando XII, (Mil. Geo), 1940. Very large folding colour
printed map, with over-printing; original red printed stiff paper slipcase.
140. ‘Planheft Grossdeutches Reich Uberblick uber die Landesvermessungs- und

Kartenwerke Mite einem Beiheft Anlagen. Herausgegeben vom Reichsministerium
des Innern. Bearbeitet unter Mitwirkung der Hauptvermessungsabteilungen des
Landesvermessungsamtes Bohemen und Mahren vom Reichsamt fur Landesaufnahme,
Juli 1944’. Gotha: Stollberhsche Buchdruckerei, 1944. Folio. 59 uncoloured folding
maps of historical trigonometric surveys of the German Empire from the nineteenth
century to 1939; original green cloth backed, green paper boards.
Western Europe
An overview of the maps of the proposed German Empire in western Europe.
141. ‘Anweisung (Vademecum) fur den Gebrauch der Karten 1 : 25 000 und der
Festpunktverzeichnisse in Grenzabschnitt Westen und der angrenzenden
fremdlandischen Gebiete. 3. Auslage’. Berlin: Oberkommando des Heeres Gen
Std H Abt. Fur Kriegskarten und Bermessungswesen (II), 1940. Folio. 60 pages of
text, 14 maps, some folding, 4 folding maps in pocket at end; original printed pale
green boards.
Provenance: with the official ink acquisition stamp of Ernst Martin, A.S.N. 32316955.
142. ‘Planheft Ubersichten West’. Berlin: Im Auftrage der Abteilung fur Kriegskarten
und Vermessungswesen im Generalstab des Heeres bearbeitet von der
Heeresplankammer, 1942. Folio. 20 pages of text, 66 mostly folding maps; original
green printed paper boards, laced as issued.
Provenance: with the official ink acquisition stamp of Ernst Martin, A.S.N. 32316955.
143. ‘Answeisung zum Gebrauch der Karten und Koordinatenverzeichnisse als Unterlagen
fur die Heeres- und Truppenvermessung in den westlichen Grenzgebieten mit
Hinwweis auf die vorhandenen Mil. Geo. – Arbeiten. Vademecum Westliche
Grenzgebiete. Vom 19. Juli 1944’. [Berlin]: Oberkommando des Heere, 1944.
Folio. 16 pages of text, 22 maps and diagrams, some folding, 2 folding maps in
pocket at end.
Provenance: with early official ink stamp of the ‘Zentrale Kartensammlung’; the
early accession stamps of the Pentagon Library, deaccessioned after 9/11.
144. ‘Planheft Ubserichten West. Vom 9. August 1944’. [Berlin]: Oberkommando des
Heeres, 1944. Folio. 50 pages of text, 87 mostly folding maps; original red printed
paper boards, laced as issued.
Eastern Europe
145. ‘Answeisung fur die Ermittlung der Schiessgrundlagen aus den Karten und
Festpunktverzeichnissen in den Ost=und Sudostgebieten. Vademecum Ost. 2.
Auslage’. [Berlin]: Oberkommando des Heeres Gen Std H Abt. Fur Kriegskarten
und Bermessungswesen (III), 1941. Folio. 88 pages of text, 31 mostly folding maps,
and 4 folding maps in pocket at end; original pale green printed paper boards.
Provenance: with the ink library stamp of the ‘Survey Directorate ... HQ British
Army of the Rhine’.
146. ‘Planheft ubersichten Ost. 2. Auslage’. Berlin: Im Austrag der Abteilung fur
Kriegskarten und Bermessungswesen im Generalstab des Heeres bearbeitet von
der Heeresplankammer, 1941. Portfolio. 2 pages of text, 60 mostly folding maps;
original pale green printed paper boards, laced as issued.
147. ‘Planheft Osteuropa Baltischer Raum. Vom 14. Juni 1944’. [Berlin]:
Oberkommando des Heeres, 1944. Portfolio. 56 pages of text, 40 mostly folding
maps; original green printed paper boards, laced as issued, some waterstaining.
Provenance: with the ink library stamp of the ‘Survey Directorate...’, “spare”.
148. ‘Answeisung zum Gebrauch der Vermessungs- und Kartenunterlagen in

Osteuropa Baltisher Raum mit Hinweis auf die vorhandenen Mil-Geo-Arbeiten.
Vademecum Osteuropa Baltischer Raum. Entwurf. Vom 1. August 1944’. Folio.
23 pages of mimeographed text, 13 pages of maps and charts; original buff printed
paper wrappers.
Provenance: with the ink library stamp and manuscript accession marks of the
Bundesarchiv Militararchiv Amtsdrucksachen; with the shelfmark of the
Pentagon library.
Asia-Pacific
WWII came to the Asia-Pacific region in December of 1941, when Japan invaded
Thailand; attacked the British colonies of Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong;
and bombed Pearl Harbor.
149. ‘Entwurf. Studie uber den ostasiatisch-pazifischen Kampfraum. Abgeschlossen am

18. Dezember 1941’. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung fur Kriegskarten
und Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil.-Geo.), 1941. 8vo., 16 pages of text, 2 folding
maps in tie at the end; original orange printed paper wrappers.
Provenance: with the ink library stamp of “Dipl.-Ing. Alfred Niggi Munchen”.
Maps at end:
1. ‘Ubersichtskarte: Der Ostasiatisch-pazifische Kampfraum’. Large folding colour
printed map. 1 : 40 000 000. The Pacific Ocean and the countries that surround it,
noting which Empire they belong to.
2. ‘Ostasiatischer-Raum’. Large folding colour printed map, with over-printing.
1 : 10 000 000. General topographic map of Southeast Asia.
The German War on America, WWII
XIV OBERKOMMANDOS DER 150. ‘Schlag nach uber die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. 1942. Heft 60.
WEHRMACHT Tornisterschriften des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht, Abt. Inland.’ 2 volumes:
Documents and maps related to the text and maps. Text: 8vo., 32 pages. Original buff printed paper wrappers, stapled
German War on America. as issued. 2 maps printed on one sheet: ‘Die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika
Publication (USA); and ‘Mittelamerikanische Staaten’, folding into self-wrappers.
Leipzig, Bibliographisches Institut AG,
1.1.1942.
Dimensions: 210 by 150mm. (8.25 by 6 inches).
Volume 60 in a series of separately published maps published by the Oberkommandos

der Wehmacht for the use of soldiers. During World War I, the Germans had led
a successful attack on the munitions warehouses of Black Tom Island, near Jersey
City, when saboteurs set off an explosion on July 30th, 1916, which registered 5.5
on the Richter scale, killing five people, “jostling the Brooklyn Bridge, shattering
plate-glass windows six miles away and shaking building foundations in five states”
(NYTimes online).
Twenty-six years later, once the US had officially entered WWII, after the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, the Germans tried again. Operation Pastorius,
planned for June of 1942, and carried out by longtime German residents of the
US, included among its targets Hell Gate Bridge in New York and Pennsylvania
Station in Newark, New Jersey. Four saboteurs came ashore at Amagansett, Long
Island, on the night of June 12th, 1942, brought there by U-Boat 202. One of
their number was discovered, and the munitions and other equipment he had
buried in the dunes, seized. When the same operative gave himself up to the FBI
the mission came to nothing.
In the wake of the failure of Operation Pastorius, two more German spies
were brought to Maine by U-Boat 1230, as part of Operation Elster, to gather
intelligence on American manufacturing and technology. They too, were discovered
by the FBI.
151. ‘Atlantischer Ozean Ostkuste von Nordamerica Block Island bis New York.
Masstab auf 40o 45’ Breite 1: 225 000 Hohen und Tiefen in Metern 1916.’
Lithographed chart, heightened with original hand-colour.
Dimensions: 765 by 1110mm. (30 by 43.75 inches); 650 by 1050mm to the neatline.
Detailed German hydrographical chart (number 455, Klasse IV) of Long Island,
with the coastlines of New York extending inland to Cold Spring on the Hudson
River; south to Point Pleasant, New Jersey; east to Pt. Judith in Rhode Island.
With an inset map of Raritan Bay and part of Staten Island. Lighthouses, harbor
lights, and channel lights are heightened by hand in yellow wash; relief shown by
spot heights, form lines and hachures; depths shown by soundings and isolines.
First issued by the Herausgegeben von Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine,
Berlin, in September of 1916, with new editions published in 1923, and 1940; this
example was reissued in March of 1943. The Kreigsmarine, the German wartime
equivalent of the British Admiralty, and the U.S. Geographical Survey produced a
comprehensive series of maps of the coastlines of the world.
Rare: we have been able to trace only one institutional example; that of the
Beinecke Library, Yale.
Provenance:
With the ink stamp of the Third Reich upper left.
152. ‘Atlantischer Ozean Ostkuste von Nord- America Golf von Maine. Masstab auf
42o 50’ Breite 1: 650 000 Hohen und Tiefen in Metern 1912.’ Lithographed chart,
heightened with original hand-colour. Dimensions: 970 by 790mm. (38.25 by 31 inches).
Detailed German hydrographical chart (number 448, Klasse IV) of the Gulf of
Maine, extending northeast as far as New Brunswick and the Cape Spencer
lighthouse, and southwest to Martha’s Vineyard; the western coastline of Nova
Scotia appears in the east. Lighthouses, harbor lights, and channel lights are
heightened by hand in yellow wash; relief shown by spot heights, form lines and
hachures; depths shown by soundings and isolines.
First issued by the Herausgegeben von Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine,
Berlin, in 1912, with new editions published in 1927, 1934, 1941, 1942, and 1943;
this example was reissued in March of 1943, and bears a red label, warning users
of the map that the inland waterways have not been updated.
The Kreigsmarine, the German wartime equivalent of the British Admiralty,
and the U.S. Geographical Survey produced a comprehensive series of maps of the
coastlines of the world. This particular map of the northeastern coast of North
America appears to be particularly rare, with only a later 1958 edition appearing at
the Univerity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee library.
The United States had been at undeclared war with Germany, as a participant
in the Battle of the Atlantic, since October 1941, when it contributed Naval ships
to protect the Allies Icelandic Convoys in the Atlantic Ocean. However, four days
after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, the United States officially declared
war on Germany, on December 11th, 1941.
During World War II, the Germans made two, ultimately unsuccessful,
incursions onto American soil. Operation Pastorius, planned for June of 1942, and
carried out by longtime German residents of the US, included among its targets
Hell Gate Bridge in New York and Pennsylvania Station in Newark, New Jersey.
Four saboteurs came ashore at Amagansett, Long Island, on the night of June
12th, 1942, brought there by U-Boat 202. One of their number was discovered,
and the munitions and other equipment he had buried in the dunes, seized. When
the same operative gave himself up to the FBI, the mission came to nothing.
In the wake of the failure of Operation Pastorius, two more German spies
were landed at Frenchman Bay in the Gulf Maine by U-Boat 1230, as part of
Operation Elster, purportedly to gather intelligence on the Manhattan Project, to
sabotage it, and gather what other information they could on shipyards, airplane
factories, and rocket-testing facilities. They too, were discovered by the FBI.
Rare: no examples appear in auction records; only one institutional example,
a later edition, 1958, at Wisconsin.
Provenance:
With the ink stamp of the Third Reich and another official stamp, upper left.

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I. Annexation – the End of Appeasement – War \ items 1-5

The more than 600 separate ‘Militärgeographische Einzelangaben’ mapsheets,

Special editions of maps of foreign countries are often described as Sonderausgaben

Militargeographische packets, or dossiers, sometimes abbreviated to Mil,- Geo.-,

- MAPPE A : a collection of maps mostly related to England, but also to Scotland

- MAPPE B : large-scale city plan of London.

- MAPPE C : maps and photographs of the coastline.

I OBERKOMMANDO DES Czechoslovakia

2. ‘Die Polnische Landesbefestigung. Stand vom 15.6.1939. Einzelangaben’. Berlin:

3. ‘Stadt=Durchfahrten in Polen und Danzig (Skizzen). Berlin: Generalstad des

Provenance: with a contemporary inscription on the title-page in German, dated

Before Germany invaded Poland in September of 1938, it had signed a German-

5. ‘Militargeographische Beschreibung von Litauen und dem Memlgebiet. Abgeschlossen

Provenance: heavily annotated by early American researchers.

2. ‘Politische Gliederung, Bevolkerungsdichte und Nationalitatenverteilung in

MAPPE B – Part III

17. ‘Durchgangigkeit der Pyrenaen: uebersichtskarte... Stand 1.9.1943’. [Berlin:

Provenance: with the ink library stamp of the Bundesarchiv Militararchiv

19. ‘Militargeographischer Uberlick uber Belgien und angrenzende Gebiete.

MAPPE B – Second edition

21. ‘Militargeographische Einzelangaben uber Belgien-Frankreich. Blatt 5 Marbeuge-

23. [Militargeographischer Uberlich uber die Niederlande. Abgeschlossen am

Provenance: with the ink library stamp of the Bundesarchiv Militararchiv

Belgium was liberated from German occupation by the beginning of February,

B. ‘... Einzellandschaftern und Spitzbergen’. Folio. 187 pages of mimeographed

27. ‘Eingehende Einzeldarstellung der geographischen Bedingungen fur die Verteidigung

28. ‘Planheft Danemark (einschl. Island, Faroer und Gronland). 2. Neubearbeitete

Provenance: with manuscript accession marks on the front cover.

Provenance: library stamps erased from front cover.

35. ‘Durchgangigkeit der Ostalpen. Ubersichteskarte’ (recto); and ‘Ubersichteskarte

36. ‘Durchgangigkeit der Ostalpen Rundbilder der sudl. Grenzubergange Bildheft.

Provenance: with the manuscript accession marks of the Bundesarchiv Militararchiv

39. ‘Ober-Italien Strassenharten und Stadtdurchfahrtplane. Juni 1940’. Berlin:

40. ‘Nautisch-Geographische Kustenbeschreibung der Halbindsel Italien (Entwurf ).

Spain and Portugal

Provenance: ink stamped as ‘received’ in German on the title-page; with the

42. [‘Militargeographische Studie uber Spanien und Portugal (Iberische Halbinsel).

MAPPE A – Presumed first edition

MAPPE A – Presumed second edition

46. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber Malta abgeschlossen am 20. Marz 1941’.

47. ‘Planheft Frankreich und Franzosisch-Nordafrika. Vom 5. Januar 1943’.

48. ‘Militargeographische Beschreibung von Nordost-Afrika. Abgesxhlossen am 28.

Provenance: with the ink library stamp of the Bundesarchiv Militararchiv

50. ‘Entwurf. Militargeographische Beschreibung von Libyen. Abgeschlossen am 29.

Provenance: with the near-contemporary ink stamp of Rigo Naeske, Berlin,

51. ‘Militargeographische Beschreibung von Tunis. Abgeschlossen am 10. Oktober

52. ‘Entwurf. Militargeographische Angagen uber Algerien. Abgeschlossen am

53. ‘Entwurf. Militargeographische Angaben uber Marokko. Abgeschlossen am 20.

54. ‘Entwurf. Militargeographische Angaben uber Marokko. Abgeschlossen am 20.

Provenance: library stamps erased from front cover.

Dakar – Second edition

55. ‘Entwurf. Militargeographische Angaben uber Dakar und sein Hinterland

Provenance: with the ink library stamp of the Bundesarchiv Militararchiv

57. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber Agypten. Abgeschlossen am 20. Juni 1942’.

VIII GENERALSTAB DES The Middle-Eastern Front

58. ‘Planheft Borderasien einschliesslich des 1. und 2. Nachtrages. Stand: 1. 9. 1942’.

61. ‘Militargeograpische Angaben uber die Europaische Turkei einschliesslich der

Provenance: with the ink library stamp of a Slovenian library.

63. ‘Militargeograpische Angaben uber die Europaische Turkei einschliesslich der

64. ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber Syrien. Abgeschloseen am 15. Oktober 1941’.