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At TracesOfWar we love military historical maps. We use these regularly in our in-depth articles. This page contains a chronological overview of the maps of our illustrators.

1939



Molotov line / Battle for Westerplatte

1940



Battle for Fort Eben-Emael / KW Line
Overview of the battle for Eben-Emael and surroundings. Source: Bert Heesen, TracesOfWar.com.
Source: Marcel Kuster


Operation Dynamo
Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar
Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar

Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar

1941



Attack on Pearl Harbor


Evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Greece / Battle for Timor
Overview of the Battle for Timor. Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar.


Operation Rheinübung and the sinking of the Bismarck
Map of Operation Rheinübung. Bron: Bert Heesen, TracesOfWar
The rise and fall of Panzerarmee Africa (1941-1943)




Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union



1942



Battle for Tarakan


Battle for Stalingrad
Fall Blau. Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar.
Stalingrad. Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar.

Operation Uranus. Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar.
Operation Ring. Source: Marcel Kuster TracesOfWar.


Sabotage of the heavy water production in Norway
The routes traveled by the teams from Operation Grouse and Gunnerside to the factory in Vemork. Source: Roger Paulissen, TracesOfwar
Sailing route and location of the sinking of the SF Hydro. Source: Roger Paulissen, TracesOfWar


Einsatzgruppen
Overview of key killing locations of the Einsatzgruppen. Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar.

1944



Mulberry harbours for Overlord



Maisy Battery / Battle for the Elle
Location of Maisy Battery. Source: Bert Heesen / TracesOfWar.com.
Overview of the battlefield. Source: Roger Paulissen, Go2War2.nl.


Operation Market Garden
Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar.
Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar.

Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar.
Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar.

Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar.
Battle for the river Scheldt
Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar
Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar

Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar
Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar


Operation Infatuate
Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar
Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar

Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar
Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar

Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar

Battle for Overloon and Venray
The American operation plan. Source: Roger Paulissen, TracesOfWar.com.
British plan of attack for Overloon. Source: Roger Paulissen, TracesOfWar.com.


Sinking of the Junyo Maru
Prinses Irene Brigade

Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar
Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar

Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar
Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar

Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar


1945


Battle for the Twentekanaal

Liberation of the northeastern part of the Netherlands
Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar
Overview of the front in the last months of 1944 with the focal point north of the Ruhr area. Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar

Overview of Operation Veritable. Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar
Simonds' plan for Operation Blockbuster. Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar

Brigade-general Mills-Roberts’ plan of attack. Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar
Chart showing the drop- and landingzones of Varsity. Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar

Outline of the Allied advance northwards. Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar
Drop zones in Drenthe during Operation Amherst. Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar


VIP prisoners of the SS in the Alpenfestung / Battle for the Seelower Höhen
Overview of the route taken by the SS prisoners to Hotel Pragser Wildsee. Source: Roger Paulissen, TracesOfWar.com.
Source: Marcel Kuster


Battle of Berlin / Nazi ship Wilhelm Gustloff
Advance of the Red Army, April 16-21, 1945. PZA: Panzerarmee STL: Shock Troop Army GTL: Guards Tank Army GL: Guards Army Source: Roger Paulissen, TracesOfWar
Geographical overview of the Wilhelm Gustloff disaster. Source: Roger Paulissen, TracesOfWar


Siege of Breslau



Bombing of Dresden
Night attack 13/14 February. Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar.
Bombing attack 14 February, 12.17 - 12.31 h. Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar.

The destructions in Dresden: from completely destroyed to medium damage. Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar.

Other



Concentration camp Vught
Camp Vught / Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch and other camps in the Netherlands. Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar.
Map of camp Vught / Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch. Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar.

Aussenlager / Aussenkommandos of camp Vught. Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar.


Obersalzberg: retreat or Alpine fortress
The Berghof and surrounding buildings. Source: Marcel Kuster, TracesOfWar.com.


Nazi concentration camps in Germany / Nazi concentration and extermination camps in Poland