Map

Discussion in 'Top Secret' started by G5074, Dec 19, 2010.

  1. G5074

    G5074 Junior Member

    I have a map marked "Top Secret" that I inhereted from my grandfather. I will scan it and post it here.
     
  2. G5074

    G5074 Junior Member

    Here is an image of the map.
     

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  3. Tom Canning

    Tom Canning WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    G5074-
    Looks like the route the 1st & 5th Cdn Divisions and 1st Cdn Armoured bde took after landing at Marseilles from Italy in the Feb of '45
    Cheers
     
  4. Jan7

    Jan7 Senior Member

    I have a map marked "Top Secret" that I inhereted from my grandfather. I will scan it and post it here.
    Thanks for sharing, G5074!

    G5074-
    Looks like the route the 1st & 5th Cdn Divisions and 1st Cdn Armoured bde took after landing at Marseilles from Italy in the Feb of '45
    Cheers

    By the way, what means the "Bivouac Areas", the triangle markings?

    Autoself answer: TC 21-3 Chapter 7 Bivouac Routine




    Jan.
     
  5. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

    Thank you for sharing the map.

    Regards
    Tom
     
  6. G5074

    G5074 Junior Member

    Cheers!
     
  7. red devil

    red devil Senior Member

    marvellous, routes and camping areas, no wonder it was TS
     
  8. Harry Ree

    Harry Ree Very Senior Member

    Regarding the route.Marseille (Bouches-du- Rhone Department,Provence Alpes Cote D'Azur) to Cambrai (Nord Department,Pas De Calais) with the route split at Tonnerre (Yonne Department,Burgundy).

    The bottom section Marseille to Lyon is the old Route de Napoleon,(largely bypassed now). Scene of slaughter by USAAF air supremacy and the advancing US forces on withdrawing German forces up the Rhone Valley after the US landings in August 1944.

    Retreating German forces were constantly harrassed by FFI and Resistance units during their retreat up the Rhone valley.As time went on,it was obvious that the Germans were anxious to get through the Belfort Gap into Germany before the trap closed or be bottled up in France.,
     
  9. red devil

    red devil Senior Member

    Scene of slaughter by USAAF air supremacy and the advancing US forces on withdrawing German forces up the Rhone Valley after the US landings in August 1944.
    Apology if wrong, but this is the same route, at the same time, as taken by Das Reich SS Division on their way north, en route to the massacre of Oradour Sur Glane. Maybe it would have been better if the USAAF HAD massacred them? Your teminology suggests that the USAAF were committing some ritual act of barbarism.
     

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