Rare WW2 US 4th Infantry Division Victory Map – Normandy / Belgium / Luxembourg campagin – Frankrijk; 672 Engineer Topographic Corps. – France / Belgium – 1945

Offered for auction is a rare and fascinating map commemorating the 4th Infantry Division's campaign spanning from the landings at Normandy and their further progress following the invastion. The map covers Utah Beach to Siegfried Line, traces the history of the 4th Infantry Division's path through Europe, highlighting points of particular importance. The division was one of the first to land on Utah Beach and was instrumental in securing the beachhead and pushing inland. Despite these initial successes, the inexperienced division was relieved in the task of cutting off the Cherbourg peninsula on June 8th due to poor performance. They would enter Cherbourg on the 25th, before proceeding southwards, encountering resistance until reaching the Varenne river. The division would be the first American troops in Paris (accompanied by Hemingway) on the 25th of August, as noted on the map. The 4th Infantry Division encountered resistance all the way to the Siegfried Line in at the border with Germany. The first of the two maps culminates with the double-breakthrough of the Siegfried Line just north of Luxembourg, before moving on to the Hurtgen Forest near Aachen. The goal was to render obsolete the full Siegfried Line, also known as the Westwall,... lees verder bij Catawiki