as-1901
1941: German WW2 invasion preparations for England's East Coast
Generalstab des Heeres [German General Staff] :
Ostküste (Südlicher Teil von Margate bis zum Humber)
Berlin: [Department for War Maps and Surveying], 1941.
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6 inches x 8.5 inches (15 cms x 21 cms). 86 black and white half-tone photographs, printed both sides, of coastal towns and locations on England's East coast between Margate and the Humber, plus 2 large folding schematic maps, and 4 large folding
conventional maps of the area, showing coastal landing conditions (flat coast, steep coast, cliffs, beaches, etc).
In near-immaculate condition internally, as issued in original green wrappers, the top cover a little faded and age-browned at edges.
This work was prepared in 1940 and issued in Berlin in 1941 as part of Militärgeographische Angaben über England (effectively translating as Military/geographical Report on England) by Abteilung für Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (Department for War Maps and Surveying), and was intended Nur für den Dienstgebrauch! (For official use only) by the Generalstab des Heeres (German General Staff).
Following the Battle of Britain in 1940, the Germans postponed their plans for Unternehmen Seelöwe (Operation Sealion), the invasion of England by large-scale troop landings along the South Coast. However, whilst abandoning their immediate plans to
invade, the German High Command continued to gather together detailed information to prepare the ground for any future invasion or occupation of Britain.
In short, this book of photographs and maps is one of a number of confidential documents prepared at the beginning of the Second World War for the use of high ranking military planners, officers and their staff within the top echelons of the German war
machine in Berlin.
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