The Library of Congress holds a collection of World War II Military Situation Maps. This collection of maps provides a day-by-day line organization human relationship of Allied in addition to Axis troop positions from D Day until the cease of the war. The maps starting fourth dimension on sixth June 1944, amongst the D-Day invasion, in addition to and thus render a daily motion-picture demonstrate of the armed forces get inward Western Europe.
The maps were drawn upwards past times the Twelfth Army Group. The Twelfth United States of America of America Army Group controlled the bulk of American forces on the Western Front. The maps plot the daily positions of Allied in addition to Axis troops equally understood past times the operations staff. The maps were drawn-up during the fog of nation of war in addition to were made oft amongst incomplete in addition to inaccurate information. However the maps however render an invaluable mind source of information of troop movements in addition to an of import conduct to the progress of the Allied troops through Western Europe subsequently D Day correct upwards until the cease of World War II.
The University of Texas Libraries has ii cloak-and-dagger US BIGOT maps showing Omaha Beach (East & West). BIGOT was a code-word for Operation Overlord in addition to the BIGOT listing included the names of all the personnel who had been cleared to know details of Operation Overlord.
The information provided on the maps advise that they were made to assistance ships province on Omaha Beach (maps were also created for Utah Beach). The maps render details on H2O depths, beach obstacles, depression H2O marks, sand bars etc. The maps also render a panoramic motion-picture demonstrate of the beach equally seen from the sea. This panorama includes notable buildings in addition to physical landmarks. Although, equally the 'Notes to the Coxwain or Navigator' warn, edifice landmarks "may hold out destroyed earlier whatever arts and crafts land".
The maps create also comprise information which would hold out invaluable for the troops landing on Omaha Beach. These details include major obstacles on the beach, reported mine locations in addition to the locations of anti-tank ditches in addition to road-blocks.
The opposite side of each map includes sunlight in addition to moonlight tables (showing the times of sunrise, sunset in addition to phases of the moon), beach gradients, tidal stages (times of high in addition to depression tide) in addition to information near estimated tidal currents.
