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Pieve S. Stefano, Defence Overprint, 12 August 1944

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Overprint by 12 Polish Corps, Field Survey Company (Nadruk 12 Komp. Geograficznej., Sierpien). Annotations: "Light A.A. [anti-aircraft] defences are not shown except where sited in possible A/Tank [anti-tank] role" and "Additional ROAD Information from Air Photographs." These annotations also appear in Polish for the benefit of the Polish II Corps fighting alongside the British and Commonwealth forces in the Italian Campaign. 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.

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Title
Pieve S. Stefano, Defence Overprint, 12 August 1944: Italy 1:25,000
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Subject
World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945--Southern Europe--World War, 1939-1945
Description
Overprint by 12 Polish Corps, Field Survey Company (Nadruk 12 Komp. Geograficznej., Sierpien). Annotations: "Light A.A. [anti-aircraft] defences are not shown except where sited in possible A/Tank [anti-tank] role" and "Additional ROAD Information from Air Photographs." These annotations also appear in Polish for the benefit of the Polish II Corps fighting alongside the British and Commonwealth forces in the Italian Campaign. 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.
Publisher
War Office
Contributor
Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section.
Date
1944-08-12
Type
topographic maps
Format
1:25,000, map, image/tif
Identifier
local: LCMSDS_WW2_DefOvrPrnt_PieveSStefano_1944
Source
Language
eng
Relation
Coverage
Southern Europe, Europe--Italy--Pieve S. Stefano, latitude 43.7098278 ; longitude 12.03381339, World War, 1939-1945
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