[Request] WW2 Topo Maps of Russia & NW Europe

[Bootie]

Im looking for topo maps of the areas covered in the CM games at our disposal. The resource for Italian maps is great but is there anything the same that can be used in CMBN and CMRT?

Thanks

Bootie

 

[Ulf Norman]

This site has lots of topographical maps and city plans of areas in Russia, Poland and East Prussia, and what's best they're from the 30's and 40's http://www.wwii-photos-maps.com/

 

[Dutch Grenadier]

I have a great site for CMRT.

EDIT: It seems i had posted the link here before.
http://www.lithuanianmaps.com/Maps1930-39.html

 

[Ulf Norman]

That one's nice, Dutch Grenadier! Wish every country had a site with WW2 era maps like that

 

[Ulf Norman]

The Geographical Section, General Staff, made a series of maps over Normandy (and other areas) before the invasion, this site has an overview of which map sheet cover which area:

https://www.battlefieldhistorian.com/gsgs_4347_1_25000_normandy.asp?v=2

Unfortunately they charge 12 british Pound per sheet, and the ones viewable online at the British Library website have too low resolution to be usable. Not sure where else one can find them online with high enough resolution.

Topographical maps of Germany from the 40's, usable at least for the US probes of the Siegfried Line in September -44; http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/search/collection/GermanyMaps

 

[General Specific]

Found this little gem, comes with photos from various campaigns, recon photos, AND pre-war topo maps, hopefully this will do nicely

http://wwii-photos-maps.com/

 

[Bootie]

Thanks mate... spot on.

 

[Ale Dem]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Ulf Norman]

Came upon this site, quite nice: http://igrek.amzp.pl/maplist.php?cat=TK25. And the Graphic Mapindex is very useful

 

[Badger73]

McMaster University has a useful digital archive of WWII Topographic Maps.

Main URL = http://digitalarchive.mcmaster.ca/islandora/object/macrepo:32223
France 1:100k Topographic Maps are at URL = http://digitalarchive.mcmaster.ca/islandora/object/macrepo:8286

I suspect the site was designed for a Geography student! For ETO (CMBN), you will need to know the French "Department" for the location you seek. You will likely need some kind of "SnapIt" software of your own to copy the portion(s) you care about. It takes a bit of putzing about to figure out. Still, a very good resource to create sound topographic overlays; grid coordinates, contour lines, terrain features, and such to lay a good foundation for starting.

 

[Bootie]

Good find @Badger73

 

[stevenh5545]

http://english.mapywig.org/news.php?rowstart=11

Heres one i have used in the past

 

[Snols]

I have some source:
http://maps.vlasenko.net/?lat=52.52&lon=21.42&addmap2=smtm50&s=&addmap1=smtm50

This site contains military topographic maps of Poland, Ukraine and Russia.

 

[Nathangun]

Im looking for topo maps of the areas covered in the CM games at our disposal. The resource for Italian maps is great but is there anything the same that can be used in CMBN and CMRT?

Thanks

Bootie

What source do you use for Italian maps Bootie?

 

[Bletchley_Geek]

For Normandy this site I think is the best and, of course, the best comes at a price

http://www.battlefieldhistorian.com/

I haven't checked it for a while, maybe he's expanded his collection. I got a map of Carentan environs from him, which I am happy to share.

For the Eastern Front this is my go to site

http://m.loadmap.net/

It may overlap with the Polish site mentioned a few posts back. The Russian 1930s map are very good quality, although resolution is a bit dodgy when used as an underlay at the highest zoom level on the CMRT editor.