1940s Atlas

[conboy]

Anybody have any idea how to get a mid-20th century road atlas of Germany or Italy or both on line?

I would really like to have a Michelin or Google-earth style map of them. I think other developers would like to have 1940s or even 1950s detail maps of France, Belgium, Balkans, Baltic states, Byelorussia, etc etc. The published battle maps only show a couple of major towns and some important crossroads where an engagement may have happened.

But they don't serve the purpose for recreating the available routes, population centers, etc of WWII.

The maps we can find now are like trying to use a recent map of Florida to explain the ground situation in 1949 before they eliminated free-range cattle farming...

conboy
Here's one for Italy that I just discovered after I posted.
http://www.custermen.com/Maps/ArmyMaps.htm

I guess I didn't look hard enough...
https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/italy_250k/

[KarisFraMauro]

I wonder if any millitary organizations / veterans associations might help? This almost sounds like a historical crowdscience project, having volunteers scan old documents into online databases. Hmm. Maybe museums...

[Erik2]

The Austin/Texas map library is my goto (your second link).
It contains lots and lots of old US and British military map series in addition to 'regular' maps.

[Zbrozlo]

If you're looking for detailed maps of the Central European or Western USSR regions, I recommend the Polish collection of maps. I usually use detailed topographic maps from the WIG Institute or simplified aerial maps. Highly recommended.
Here is a compilation of all the maps and indexes:
http://igrek.amzp.pl/

And here, for example, is a detailed map of Poland and its surroundings:
http://igrek.amzp.pl/mapindex.php?cat=wig100

[bondjamesbond]

If you're looking for detailed maps of the Central European or Western USSR regions, I recommend the Polish collection of maps. I usually use detailed topographic maps from the WIG Institute or simplified aerial maps. Highly recommended.
Here is a compilation of all the maps and indexes:
http://igrek.amzp.pl/

And here, for example, is a detailed map of Poland and its surroundings:
http://igrek.amzp.pl/mapindex.php?cat=wig100

https://atlas1940.narod.ru/main.htm

http://atlases.narod.ru/