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Potigny, Defence Overprint--Operation Totalize, 6 August 1944

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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.

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Title
Potigny, Defence Overprint--Operation Totalize, 6 August 1944: France 1:25,000
Creator
Subject
World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945--Western Europe--World War, 1939-1945
Description
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.
Publisher
War Office
Contributor
Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section.
Date
1944-08-06
Type
topographic maps
Format
1:25,000, map, image/tif
Identifier
local: LCMSDS_WW2_DefOvrPrnt_Potigny_OpTotalize_1944
Source
Language
eng
Relation
Coverage
Western Europe, Europe--France--Potigny, latitude 48.97130021 ; longitude -0.29276657, World War, 1939-1945
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