Map for discussion

[Gerard Williams]

Hi all,

I recently sourced this 1:250 000 map of "der Kanal Dover-Lille". The map is printed on some sort of rubberised plastic material and is dated 1940. My question is, is it Luftwaffe or some other use map?

Pics are a little light but most detail is reproduced. What do you think?

[Simon O.]

It's an army (heer) map as you can see from the abbreviations in the bottom right hand corner. Loosely translated it means: Produced on behalf of the general staff of the army, department for mapping and survey.

Given that it was produced in July 1940, the connection is clearly to do with operation Sealion.