"Deutsche Heereskarte von Spanien". El mapa d'Espanya a escala 1:50.000 de l'Estat Major de l'Exèrcit alemany (1940-1944)

Authors

  • Wolfgang Scharfe

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to unfold, analyze and assess the German sources used in the Map of Spain scale 1:50000 of the High Command of the German army (1940-1944). In the first section, the paper explains the organization of the German cartography and the military geography between 1919 and 1945. Second, it presents the history of the map of Spain 1:50000, analyzing both editions framing them in the context of the cartographic and geographic information produced by the Wehrmacht and the political and military history of this period.

Published

2005-02-24

How to Cite

Scharfe, W. (2005). "Deutsche Heereskarte von Spanien". El mapa d’Espanya a escala 1:50.000 de l’Estat Major de l’Exèrcit alemany (1940-1944). Treballs De La Societat Catalana De Geografia, (57), 111–138. Retrieved from https://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/TSCG/article/view/10472.001

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