German military map series of Europe issued during World War II. Maps are generally marked "Nur für den Dienstgebrauch!" or "Geheim!" Most sheets use the German Army grid, Deutsches Heeresgitter. Some sheets overprinted with military grid supplied by Generalstab der Luffwaffe.
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Relief shown variously by contours, shading and hachures ; some sheets planimetric ; depths shown by bathymetric tints on some sheets. Title assigned by cataloger. Title varies: Europa 1:300 000 -- Zusammendruck 1:300 000 -- Nordeuropa 1:300 000 -- Osteuropa 1:300 000 -- Mitteleuropa 1:300 000 -- Deutsche Heereskarte 1: 300 000 -- Führungskarte 1:300 000 -- Heereskarte Fliegerausgabe 1:300 000. Each map covers 2-7 smaller sheets produced by the German military at the scale 1:300,000 under various titles. Sheet numbering system uses both capital letters and lower case letters. Sheets numbered with capital letters cover parts of Europe located west of E38°20ʹ (a line running just east of Donetsk and Moscow). Sheets with lower case letters cover the area farther east, extending to E64°20ʹ (a line running west of the Ob River but east of the Ural Mountains and the Aral Sea). Publication statement varies, e.g.: Hergestellt im Auftrage Gen St d H, Abt f KrKart u VermWes (II). Some sheets produced by Reichsamt für Landesaufnahme. Each sheet has an individual title and a unique number, eg.: Hitra-Lillehammer L64/M62 -- Sanulskaja-Omutninsk F61-G59. Includes various editions of some maps, e.g.: Vorläufige Ausgabe -- Sonderausgabe -- Ausgabe Nr. 1 -- Ausgabe Nr. 2. Most sheets include source material notes or source diagrams as a summary of scale, grid, series numbering, and edition statements.
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