[LM_NET] New Library of Congress American Memory Collection: World War II Military Situation Maps

[Laura Gottesman <lgot@LOC.GOV>]

The Library of Congress's Geography and Map Division is pleased to announce the 
release of a new American Memory Collection:  "World War II Military Situation 
Maps, 1944-1945"  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/maps/wwii/.

"World War II Military Situation Maps" contains maps showing troop positions 
beginning on June 6, 1944 to July 26, 1945.  Starting with the D-Day Invasion, the 
maps give daily details on the military campaigns in Western Europe, showing the 
progress of the Allied Forces as they push towards Germany. Some of the sheets are 
accompanied by a declassified "G-3 Report" giving detailed information on troop 
positions for the period 3 Mar. 1945-26 July 1945. These maps and reports were used 
by the commanders of the United States forces in their evaluation of the campaigns 
and for planning future strategies.

The collection consists of 416 printed maps and 115 reports, the originals of which 
reside in the Library of Congress' Geography and Map Division. The collection also 
contains an "interactive essay" on the Battle of the Bulge 
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/maps/wwii/essay1.html, which includes a 
slide show, detailed views of selected maps, and commentary and analysis from 
Library of Congress curators on the course of the battle. John M. Anderson, Map 
Librarian and Director, Cartographic Information Center, Department of Geography & 
Anthropology, Louisiana State University created the collection's framework text.

"World War II Military Situation Maps, 1944-1945" is one of more than 130 thematic 
presentations available from the American Memory Web site 
[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/] of more than 10 million items. These presentations 
range from the papers of U.S. presidents, Civil War photographs and early films of 
Thomas Edison to papers documenting the women's suffrage and civil rights 
movements, Jazz Age photographs and the first baseball cards. The materials are 
drawn from the collections of the Library of Congress and other major repositories 

Please use the American Memory Ask A Librarian web form: 
http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/ask-memory2.html or the Geography and Map Division's 
Ask A Librarian Web form: http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/ask-perform2.html  for any 
inquiries about this collection.

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Laura Gottesman
Reference Librarian
Digital Reference Team
The Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/index.html

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