What's this? 1941 German book….

Thanks for the info and opinions guys, very interesting! So it looks like a book of places to go and see after invading the U.K? I guess even invading soldiers have the odd day off!

The Rudolph Hess theory is interesting, infact the book had “This book belongs to R. Hess” on the inside cover. Of course, originality is important so I took the time to clean all the ink off. 😀

My Gawd!!!…all that work and research by so many boffins…all a waste of time…it was all in the Hitler diaries, scoffed by so many to so many….Sealion in Northumberland. of course!!!!!

Well at least we can look forward to endless (mindless) hours of repetative theories and TV programmes from all the well known scourses…just like the horrendus accumalation of ‘sameness’ filling our screens at the moment called ‘Titanic’..

Why do you think Rudolf Hess made landfall near Bamburgh? He was on a secret mission to drop off a top-secret spy, disguised as a coal miner complete with whippet, packet of Woodbines and flat cap, who was to reconnoitre the Northumberland beaches. Hess selflessly sacrificed his freedom for the greater good (or greater evil, being politically incorrect and non-revisionist…).

(I think there’s some thread-creep going on here. I’ll get me coat…)

Usworth and Acklington were the RAF’s real front line – none of your Biggin Hill and Manston malarcky…they were just decoys! :p

My Gawd!!!…all that work and research by so many boffins…all a waste of time…it was all in the Hitler diaries, scoffed by so many to so many….Sealion in Northumberland. of course!!!!!

Well at least we can look forward to endless (mindless) hours of repetative theories and TV programmes from all the well known sourses…just like the horrendus accumalation of ‘sameness’ filling our screens at the moment called ‘Titanic’..

The Northumberland coast? In a guide book for German troops pre Operation Sealion?

Gosh!

I see another element, now, to the previously untold story of 1940 that seems to have been missed in a certain recent book on the events of that period. Clearly, the invasion of Britain via the south and east coasts was all a huge bluff, anyway. The troops would have come ashore here, in Northumberland.

Only a few, and not many, know that! 😀

Usworth and Acklington were the RAF’s real front line – none of your Biggin Hill and Manston malarcky…they were just decoys! :p

The Northumberland coast? In a guide book for German troops pre Operation Sealion?

Gosh!

I see another element, now, to the previously untold story of 1940 that seems to have been missed in a certain recent book on the events of that period. Clearly, the invasion of Britain via the south and east coasts was all a huge bluff, anyway. The troops would have come ashore here, in Northumberland.

Only a few, and not many, know that! 😀

Cambois (pronounced ‘Cammus’) still looks a bit like that – the land that time forgot…:p

This may seem warlike as it is published by the General Staff of the Army but it is just Geography, we had (and almost certainly still have) a similar series of little books covering the whole World and published by a similar military department.

Has anyone got any? I’ve got one about Yugoslavia and it makes very dull reading. I also saw one once about the continental coast which was clearly for invasion planning – wish I’d bought it.

Hi all,

It was printed in 1941, although there doesn’t seem to be any reference to any armed service.

Thanks,

Tim

Not to any specific military service, no… 😀

So just a collection of images and desciptions for the troops to let them know what to expect when invading England.

As well as to let fliers know what to expect when shot down… 😉

To translate:

Page 1:

Just fur military services usage.

Military geographical information about England

Picture book
All of England
For London, refer to folder B.

3rd edition

Created september 1st, 1940

General staff for the army
Department of mapping and surveys
Berlin, 1941

Page 2:

Introductory remarks
The images in this booklet are ordered by the typical landscape forms (see below) as sorted/displayed in the book “Military geographical information about England”. (See folder A, textbook, part II: “the individual land scapes” and [as displayed] in the sketch “English landscape layouts” at the end of the textbook.

The order of the images relates to landscapes 1 to 3 (Southwest, South and Southeast of England) which you can find when travelling from the westcoast to the eastcoast.

So just a collection of images and desciptions for the troops to let them know what to expect when invading England.