Maps: 1940 - 1958
World War II and its aftermath:
1939: Sept. 1: Germany invades Poland
Sept. 17: USSR invades Poland
1940 June 18: Soviets occupy Lithuania and other Baltic states
July 23: Soviets incorporate Baltic states into USSR
1939: Sept. 1: Germany invades Poland
Sept. 17: USSR invades Poland
1940 June 18: Soviets occupy Lithuania and other Baltic states
July 23: Soviets incorporate Baltic states into USSR
c1942-43 Nazi maps recovered by the US. All images from www.wii-photos-maps.com
1942: Positions of
Nazi units. Also
DETAIL image.
Nazi units. Also
DETAIL image.
May, 1942: Nazi
"Operation Blau."
"Operation Blau."
September, 1943:
Europe. Also DETAIL
image.
Europe. Also DETAIL
image.
December, 1943:
"Ostland" DETAIL.
"Ostland" DETAIL.
1943 August
1943 October
1943 November
1944 January
"Brandenburg Division" troop locations:
1944 February
1944 March
1944 May
1944 "KLAIPEDA," from Army Map Service
"POLAND 1:100000, sheet G-15. For use
by War and Navy Department Agencies
only." Based on earlier German, Russian
and Lithuanian maps.
"POLAND 1:100000, sheet G-15. For use
by War and Navy Department Agencies
only." Based on earlier German, Russian
and Lithuanian maps.
1958 National Geographic: Poland and Czechoslovakia -- and Lithuania -- still showing the pre-WWII Polish-Lithuanian boundary! Also a DETAIL image. (AK)
1951 "POLSKA I ZSSR, N-34-B,
KAUNAS, 1:500000."
KAUNAS, 1:500000."
1951 "LITEWSKA SSR, N-35-A,
WILNIUS (WILNO), 1:500000."
WILNIUS (WILNO), 1:500000."
1941 Russian topographical map:
"N-34-70-G SUVALKI, 1:50000.
Based on maps back to 1890.
"N-34-70-G SUVALKI, 1:50000.
Based on maps back to 1890.
WWII: "OSTLAND."
1953-53 topographic maps published by the US Army Map Service (AMS) based on earlier, often Russian, maps, 1:250000 and 1:1000000 scales. From the Perry castaneda Library Map Collection: Cashttp://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/lithuania.html
Full map index, and
DETAIL of historic
Lithuanian-area maps
reproduced to the right.
DETAIL of historic
Lithuanian-area maps
reproduced to the right.
1953 Army Map Service
World Maps: EUROPE,
1:1000000:"STOCKHOLM -
RIGA" on the top left, with a
glossary in Swedish, Russian,
Estonian, Latvian and Finnish;
"VIL'NYUS - MINSK
(VILNA) on the bottom
left, with a Glossary in
German, Polish, and
Russian -- but NOT
Lithuanian!
World Maps: EUROPE,
1:1000000:"STOCKHOLM -
RIGA" on the top left, with a
glossary in Swedish, Russian,
Estonian, Latvian and Finnish;
"VIL'NYUS - MINSK
(VILNA) on the bottom
left, with a Glossary in
German, Polish, and
Russian -- but NOT
Lithuanian!
NO 34-11 LIEPAJA
N0 34-12 JELGAVA
NO 35-10 RIGA
NO 35-11 LUNINETS
NN 34-2 KLAIPEDA
NN 34-3 SIAULIAI
NN 35-1 UKMERGE
NN 35-2 DAUGAVPILS
NN 34-6 KAUNAS
NN 35-4 VIL'NYUS
NN 35-5 MOLODECHNO
NN 34-9 BIALYSTOK
NN 35-7 LIDA
NN 35-8 MINSK
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