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

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.