{"id":1787403,"date":"2019-06-06T19:07:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T23:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1787403"},"modified":"2019-06-06T19:30:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T23:30:56","slug":"d-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/06\/d-day\/","title":{"rendered":"D-Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Map from the Neptune Monograph<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, the Bodleian Map Room Blog (no relation) has a post showing some of the Bodleian’s map holdings that deal with Operation Overlord<\/a>. (The Bodleian has posted about D-Day before: see this post from June 2014<\/a> marking the 70th anniversary, and this post from September 2015<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Maps Mania marks the occasion<\/a> with links to the Library of Congress’s collection of World War II military situation maps<\/a> and the Perry-Casta\u00f1eda Library Map Collection’s D-Day map holdings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a copy of the Neptune Monograph<\/em>, a top-secret intelligence report distributed to Allied commanders before the D-Day landings that contains maps of the landing zones, can be yours for a mere $45,000<\/a>. Alternatively, thanks to a Kickstarter last year<\/a>, you can get a reproduction for one-tenth of one percent of that price<\/a>. [Military History Now<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n

Update<\/em>: I forgot to mention this Library of Congress blog post<\/a> about a fascinating model of Utah Beach used during the invasion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, the Bodleian Map Room Blog (no relation) has a post showing some of the Bodleian’s map holdings that deal with Operation Overlord. 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