18. European Soviet Union

Nazi Germany loses on eastern fronts

The printed background of this map provides a fairly accurate, though small-scale (1:1,500,000, 1 cm on the map representing 15 km in the field) representation of the European Soviet Union. We are focused on just three western sheets of the map, where a previous owner has inscribed in coloured the development of the front lines, from November 5, 1943 ( easternmost line) to June 26, 1944, with additional notes extending up to October.