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Omaha Beach – East (Colleville-sur-Mer) [and] Omaha Beach-West (Vierville-sur-Mer).

D-DAY LANDINGS
Prepared by Commander Task Force 122,
April 21, 1944.
Two folding chromolithograph plans, over coastal profiles, tables to verso, top edges perforated for filing.
440 by 560mm (17.25 by 22 inches).
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The maps and composite photographic "panoramic shoreline sketch[es]" were produced as part of the strategic planning for Operation Overlord, and the D-Day landings of June 6th 1944. They portray the coastline of a section of the Baie de la Seine, from just east of Vierville-sur-Mer to west of St. Laurent-sur-Mer code-named 'Omaha Beach', in very great detail. Particular attention is paid to the height and steepness of the terrain just inland of the beach, to high and 'low l...

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