Secret, Bogus, Mighty, and Bizarre / The Miracle of Mapping in WWII
From fake maps for Nazis to secret maps for D-Day, and from heroes in the Pacific to NatGeo’s mapping for Presidents, MAPPING HISTORY shatters the illusion of maps as a tool for moving ‘bands of brothers’ from here to there and back again.
Who made the maps? How did the Axis abuse the maps, how did the Allies use them to win? The human stories are epic, and the map science is scintillating. Learn about maps, discover the mapmakers, see the whole world of WWII through new eyes.