Operation Overlord

Maps in this series have been digitized from paper originals held at the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies  They have been made available to the public under the terms of the Creative Commons License, through a partnership between McMaster University and the LCMSDS


Caen, Defence Overprint, May 1944
Caen, Defence Overprint, May 1944
This map was produced for the D-Day capture of Caen. It is stamped "NOT to be carried in operational aircraft." This map was originally held by the Department of Defence, and was acquired by the Laurier Military History Archive (LMH) from the Directorate of History and Heritage, Government of Canada, in the 1990s. Digitization and georeferencing of this map was performed at the University of Waterloo.
Falaise, Defence Overprint--Operation Totalize, 6 August 1944
Falaise, Defence Overprint--Operation Totalize, 6 August 1944
Overprint produced by the Royal Canadian Engineers. This map was prepared for the First Canadian Army for Operation Totalize (August 8-9, 1944) in an effort to close the "Falaise Pocket" and trap German Army Group B. This map was originally held by the Department of Defence, and was acquired by the Laurier Military History Archive (LMH) from the Directorate of History and Heritage, Government of Canada, in the 1990s. Digitization and georeferencing of the map was performed at the University of Waterloo.
Mezidon, Defence Overprint--Operation Totalize, 6 August 1944
Mezidon, Defence Overprint--Operation Totalize, 6 August 1944
Overprint produced by the Royal Canadian Engineers. This map was prepared for the First Canadian Army for Operation Totalize (August 8-9, 1944), an effort to close the "Falaise Pocket" and trap German Army Group B. This map was originally held by the Department of Defence, and was acquired by the Laurier Military History Archive (LMH) from the Directorate of History and Heritage, Government of Canada, in the 1990s. Digitization and georeferencing of the map was performed at the University of Waterloo.
Port of Rouen, March 1943
Port of Rouen, March 1943
Oil installations highlighted in red. "Produced under the superintendence of Vice-Admiral Sir John Edgell, KBE CB, Hydrographer." "Compiled and drawn by Inter-Service Topographical Department." This map was originally held by the Department of Defence, and was acquired by the Laurier Military History Archive (LMH) from the Directorate of History and Heritage, Government of Canada, in the 1990s. Digitization and georeferencing of the map was performed at the University of Waterloo.
Potigny, Defence Overprint--Operation Totalize, 6 August 1944
Potigny, Defence Overprint--Operation Totalize, 6 August 1944
Overprint produced by the Royal Canadian Engineers. This map was prepared for the First Canadian Army for Operation Totalize (August 8-9, 1944) in an effort to close the "Falaise Pocket" and trap German Army Group B. This map was originally held by the Department of Defence, and was acquired by the Laurier Military History Archive (LMH) from the Directorate of History and Heritage, Government of Canada, in the 1990s. Digitization and georeferencing of the map was performed at the University of Waterloo.
St. Pierre, Defence Overprint--Operation Totalize, 6 August 1944
St. Pierre, Defence Overprint--Operation Totalize, 6 August 1944
Overprint produced by the Royal Canadian Engineers. This map was prepared for the First Canadian Army for Operation Totalize (August 8-9, 1944) in an effort to close the "Falaise Pocket" and trap German Army Group B. This map was originally held by the Department of Defence, and was acquired by the Laurier Military History Archive (LMH) from the Directorate of History and Heritage, Government of Canada, in the 1990s. Digitization and georeferencing of the map was performed at the University of Waterloo.