Germany's invasion map of Newcastle - Library of Congress
The High German conception for invading UK of Britain too Northern Republic of Ireland inward World War II was code-named Operation Sea Lion. Although both Deutschland too UK of Britain too Northern Republic of Ireland believed that an invasion was unlikely to succeed it didn't terminate both sides from planning for a High German invasion of Britain. In Deutschland the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Nazi High German Supreme Command of the Armed Forces) ordered that a serial of military machine too geographical assessments endure carried out inward grooming for an invasion of Britain.
These assessments consisted of photographs, drawings too maps of British towns too military machine & strategic targets. In club to develop troops for the invasion of UK of Britain too Northern Republic of Ireland a serial of maps of the dry reason were drawn up, identifying strategic locations, too military machine targets. Published inward xi A4 sized folders these invasion plans included 144 maps of British towns too cities too over 1,500 photographs of cardinal military machine targets.
The maps too photos inward these invasion plans highlighted locations which would endure of import for troop movements, such every bit airports, railways, docks too bridges. They included strategically of import sites, similar hospitals, airfields too radio stations. They too identified of import infrastructure too industrial sites, for event waterworks too ability plants.
The High German invasion plans too included photographs of cardinal strategic targets inward each town.
Neue Strassenbrucke uber den Tyne inward Newcastle upon Tyne - Library of Congress
The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection has interactive copies of the German invasion maps of Britain. These include both the maps too the photographs identifying Germany's military machine too strategic targets for the invasion. If yous desire to honour the High German invasion map of your town so expand the 'where' department inward the sidebar to sentiment an alphabetized listing of links to the town maps.
The invasion maps were copies of Ordnance Survey maps on which the strategic too military machine targets were highlighted. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 uncomplicated color-code was used when highlighting these targets. For example, bridges are highlighted inward black. Railway too goods yards are highlighted inward red. Purple is used to demonstrate industrial sites, such every bit waterworks too ability plants.
As the High German maps were simply copies of Ordnance Survey maps they would presumably non demonstrate many of the country's hush-hush locations. Secret too classified buildings similar military machine locations too barracks were ofttimes omitted from Ordnance Survey maps at the direction of the British government. This is presumably why during the mutual frigidity state of war the Russian's created their ain maps.
During the mutual frigidity state of war the Soviet Union created detailed maps for thousands of cities just about the world. We don't know precisely how the Russian military machine completed their detailed maps of the west. Presumably they too used freely available maps every bit the reason for their maps. However the Russian maps ofttimes comprise military machine sites left off of western maps (for military machine secrecy), hence they must accept been based to some extent on noesis gained from spying too espionage.
John Davies has written an interesting article on the Soviet military machine maps for the British Library. Soviet Military Mapping of the Cold War Era includes to a greater extent than information close the composition of the Soviet military machine maps, the cities mapped too to a greater extent than informed speculation on how the maps were made.
