Specialist maps prepared by German military geologists for operation sealion: The invasion of England scheduled for September 1940

Cartographic Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-35

  Rose, Edward P F ^a   Willig, Dierk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AGeoBw GeoInfoSt Erfurt   (Germany)

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HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHY; MAPPING; WAR;

EID: 3142613199     PISSN: 00087041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000870404225019981     Document Type: Article

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