Original U.S. WWII Airborne "Zones of France" D-Day Silk Map - Dated March 1944 - WEA Western European Area - 22 ½” x 24” Hotchkiss MG This is held in place

This is held in place by four large brass dome bolts with brass nuts on the other side

as the early green paint can be seen in areas where it has chipped through

Conditions at Limburg were notoriously bad with next to nothing in the way of facilities

seas and airspace get heavily clouded with friendly and enemy vehicles

the division was securing the left flank of the XV Corps

Original U.S. WWII Airborne "Zones of France" D-Day Silk Map - Dated March 1944 - WEA Western European Area - 22 ½” x 24” Hotchkiss MG This is held in placeOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a rare hard to find March 1944 dated "Zones of France", Scale 1: 2. 000. 000, silk map. On D Day, this map was mainly worn by US airborne troops around their neck. In February 1944, in preparation for D Day, the Intelligence School No. 9 (IS9) responsible for Western European Area (WEA) produced a second edition of the rayon map of France, printed in colors on one side, 1: 2. 000. 000 scale (1 cm for 20 km).