Through 100 maps, largely from the collection of the British Library, Jeremy Black highlights how military cartography developed during the Second World War. With examples including Rommel’s annotated map of El Alamein, a photomap of the Rhine, and aerial approaches to Japan, he shows how mapping came to have an integral role in shaping the conflict across the major theatres, covering strategy, operations and tactics but also reporting and propaganda.
Whilst the First World War had seen an exceptional growth in the use and production of military cartography, the global conflict that followed employed maps, charts, reconnaissance, radar, sonar and the systematic recording and processing of geographical and topographical information on an unprecedented scale. It is impossible to understand the events and outcomes of the Second World War without deep reference to mapping at all levels. Maps themselves became the weapons and had a decisive impact. In this highly original work Jeremy Black, one of world's leading military and cartographic historians, shows how fundamental maps were to the conflict as he charts its historical sweep across each of the major theatres. The book's thematic arrangement -- exploring the conflict's maps through strategic, operational, tactical, reportage and propaganda means -- provides a truly ground-breaking perspective. The story is told through 100 key maps, many photographed for the very first time, from the unrivalled collections of the British Library and other major cartographic holdings.
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