WW II Battlefield Maps

Sharon W. asked “Can we get maps of the battles that our Dads fought and maybe brief descriptions for the battles?” The National Archives has extensive collections of battlefield maps from World War II.  Call the National Archives at 866-272-6272 and ask for a free copy of Reference Information Paper 79, titled World War II Records in the Cartographic and Architectural Branch of the National Archives.  If you know which specific battles you are interested in learning more about, articles about the battle likely were published in the military newspaper Stars and Stripes.  Ancestry has digitized copies of the Pacific and European editions of that newspaper published during World War II and the period of Japan occupation that followed, and we also have digitized issues published during World War I.  In addition, we may have images of the battles of interest in our collection of images of war and conflict, which covers all wars in which the United States fought.  Finally, we have digitized the complete set of newsreels produced by the United States government during World War II — footage from many battles is available this way. [Ancestry.com Blog]

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