Through France with the 79th Infantry Division 14 June to 29 Aug, 1944. Maj Gen I.T. Wyche, Commanding. / To Belgium and Back wit the 79th Infantry Division 31 Aug to 25 Oct, 1944 Maj. Gen. I. T. Wyche, Commanding. / To the Rhine with the 79th Infantry Division 25 Oct to 14 Feb. 1945 Maj Gen I.T. Wyche, Commanding. / Over the Rhine with the 79th Infantry Division 17 Feb to 9 May 1945 Maj. Gen. I. T. Wyche, Commanding.
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Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
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Very good. All four sheets exhibit varying degrees of edge wear, including closed margin tears professionally repaired on verso. 17 Feb to 9 May 1945 exhibits some soiling. Size 26 x 33 Inches. This is a set of four Steve Kaliher and Harry D. White pictorial World War II route maps of the 79th Infantry's advance from Normandy to Germany. Presented on four separate sheets, a detailed summary of the division's progress across northern Europe from Utah Beach (one of the four Normandy beaches assaulted by Allied troops only eight days on what has become known as D-Day) to Mulheim, Germany. Each map traces a sequence of a few months in the combat history of the 79th with red lines labeled with dates marking the advance week by week and sometimes day to day. Text blocks narrate parts of the advance, providing insight into what the division accomplished during their over 300 days of combat. Cities and towns are identified throughout all four maps, as are rivers. Each map is framed by the names of cities and towns that the division passed through on their advance, fought for, and liberated, adding yet another level of memory to each piece. Featured Actions and Vignettes Colorful vignettes stand out against the white background and are used to highlight specific actions as well as events in the 79th's drive across Europe. Vignettes on the first map illustrate the division's landing at Utah Beach, which includes depictions of the now famous Higgins Boat, the destruction of Norman cities and villages, and the swift advance once the Allies finally broke out of Normandy, shown by a tank and truck filled with soldiers. The division is illustrated crossing the Seine 'on the darkest, rainiest August 19 on record' in the upper right corner. 'One of the fastest opposed advances of comparable distance by an infantry division in warfare' is highlighted on the upper left of the second map by a column of olive-drab men, vehicles, and tanks pursuing German soldiers. In a nod to the fact that not every day was filled with battle, the Reims Cathedral is beautifully illustrated near the center, while the savage fighting in the Foret de Parroy is highlighted along the right border. The two soldiers in the foreground are manning a mortar and are surrounded by spent casings. A group of German prisoners led by a German officer surrenders along the bottom border. The third map presents both sides of a soldier's life: attending a U.S.O. show, illustrated along the left border, and the carnage of combat, shown by men in foxholes watching for the enemy, a road littered with destroyed tanks, artillery, aircraft, and other military vehicles, and a sketch of urban combat. An illustration in the upper left of the fourth map depicts the division crossing a river, most likely the Rhine, with a 'view' of an unidentified destroyed German city to its right. The illustration on the lower right celebrates Victory in Europe and commemorates the role the 79th played in the governance of 'more than 1,000 square miles of the industrial Ruhr Valley'. Publication History These maps were drawn by Steve Kaliher and Harry D. White and printed by Fritz Busche Durckereiges M.B.H. in Dortmund, Germany, in 1945. Maps like these were created after the end of the war by soldiers for their fellow soldiers to take home with them as mementos.…
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- Through France with the 79th Infantry Division 14 June to 29 Aug, 1944. Maj Gen I.T. Wyche, Commanding. / To Belgium and Back wit the 79th Infantry Division 31 Aug to 25 Oct, 1944 Maj. Gen. I. T. Wyche, Commanding. / To the Rhine with the 79th Infantry Division 25 Oct to 14 Feb. 1945 Maj Gen I.T. Wyche, Commanding. / Over the Rhine with the 79th Infantry Division 17 Feb to 9 May 1945 Maj. Gen. I. T. Wyche, Commanding.
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- 1945 Kaliher and White Set of Pictorial WWII Route Maps of 79th Inf. in Europe
- Publication year
- 1945
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- EUROPE-MAPS
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Geographicus Rare Antique Maps was founded in New York, New York, by Kevin James Brown in 1999. We are specialist antiquarians dealing in historic maps from all over the world and in all price ranges. Our enthusiasm, passion, and devotion to scholarship is expressed in our meticulously researched descriptions, among the most detailed and comprehensive available anywhere, for each and every rare map that passes over our desk. This same devotion guides the relationships of honesty and trust we have fostered with our clients, whether through purchasing or selling a rare map, getting an appraisal, or simply calling to discuss antique maps in general. We are happy to assist you no matter whether you are an interior decorator, an institution, an experienced collector, or are just looking for a single antique map. Geographicus is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), the New York Map Society, the Washington Map Society, the IMCOS, and the Society for the History of Discoveries. While primarily an internet-based company, we are happy to meet with clients to show our antique maps by appointment at our New York City location.…
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Geographicus Rare Antique Maps was founded in New York, New York, by Kevin James Brown in 1999. We are specialist antiquarians dealing in historic maps from all over the world and in all price ranges. Our enthusiasm, passion and devotion to scholarship is expressed in our meticulously researched descriptions, among the most detailed and comprehensive available anywhere, for each and every rare map that passes over our desk.
This same devotion guides the relationships of honesty and trust we have fostered with our clients, whether through purchasing or selling a rare map, getting an appraisal, or simply calling to discuss antique maps in general. We are happy to assist you no matter whether you are an interior decorator, an institution, an experienced collector, or are just looking for a single antique map.
Geographicus is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), Philip Lee Phillips Society, the New York Map Society, the Washington Map Society, the International Map Collectors Society and the Society for the History of Discoveries. While primarily an internet-based company, we are happy to meet with clients to show our antique maps by appointment at our New York City location.
Geographicus also works with clients to provide map themed interior design services as well as manufacture and install collection storage and display solutions.
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