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  2. WWII Google Earth - WWII Foundation. Google Earth is an excellent tool for visiting some of World War II’s most important locations and getting a sense of what the battlefields look like today. Just click on the above Google Earth icon at the top of this page or Click here. Before you get going on your tour, we recommend a few initial stops.

  3. Jun 9, 2023 · World War II brought a rapid acceleration in the use of aerial photography of foreign areas for both military operations and mapping purposes. The Cartographic Branch holds World War II aerial images covering parts of the European, Mediterranean, and Pacific Theaters of Operation, taken by units of the U.S. and Allied Air Forces. Included are both vertical mapping photography and oblique ...

  4. Nov 13, 2014 · 1) World War II, animated. EmperorTigerstar. World War II was the biggest conflict in world history, with major battles on three continents and some of the largest naval engagements in history ...

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    • The British retreat to Dunkirk. This British wartime reproduction of a German situation map depicts German thrusts in blue, red and green, and shows the Dunkirk area with Allied positions added by the British.
    • Operation 'Sealion' Following the evacuation of British forces from Dunkirk, the Germans intended to defeat the Royal Air Force, following which they would invade the United Kingdom.
    • The Blitz. This German bombing target map of London's docks in the Blitz depicts destruction in green. The London Blitz, which began during the Battle of Britain, started in September 1940 and continued into 1941.
    • Battle of El Alamein. The British stopped General Rommel’s drive for Egypt in the summer of 1942 at Ruweisat, near Alamein, and General Montgomery launched his great counter-offensive at Alamein on 23-24 October.
  5. Army Group, 1st. Headquarters. Date: 1945-07-14. Map. [July 15, 1945], HQ Twelfth Army Group situation map. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Contributor: Allied Forces. Army Group, 12th. Engineer Section - United States.

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  7. Oct 2, 2024 · The National Archives Cartographic Branch holds approximately 1.2 million aerial photographs taken by the German Luftwaffe during World War II. Commonly referred to as GX prints, these photographs are in the series German Flown Aerial Photographs, 1939 - 1945. Similar to other foreign photography, GX prints can be located using the Overlay Indexes for Aerial Photography. These overlay indexes ...