Original German WWII 1941 Dated Spy Book – Military Geographical Information on England’s West Coast – Southern Part – Text and Pictures Booklet With Maps Original Items

Original Item: Only One Available. Sun Tzu said “Know the enemy and know yourself in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. When you are ignorant of the enemy but know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are equal. If ignorant both of your enemy and of yourself, you are certain in every battle to be in peril”. Knowing the terrain of your enemy would also fall into the category of knowing them. When it comes to invading an unknown enemy country, you run the risk of being enveloped into what is known as attrition warfare. One of the best examples of a war of attrition is World War I on the Italian and the Western Fronts. Both sides were drained until one side did not have enough men, horses, food and other military resources to continue. The term was often used to show a lack of imagination in simply throwing soldiers at their enemy. After invading the homeland of your adversary, you end up fighting an essential war on “their terms”. They have an unlimited supply of men and resources while you, the invading force, will end up having to scavenge or wait for resupplies that may never come. It is important to study the geography of the country you are fighting on so you know the best avenues of approaches, possibly supply routes, major cities, mountain ranges on so on. Once you’ve compiled enough data, you won’t being headed into the fray blind.

In conventional warfare books such as this one published in 1941 by the General Staff of the Army Department of War Maps and Surveying was a necessity. By equipping yourself with the knowledge contained in these types of booklets will help you lead your men into the unknown effectively. The book contains over 272 pages with a wealth of knowledge pertaining to different locations with images of choke points as well as bridge crossings, all stuff needed for strategic emplacement of troops or for bombing targets. At the end of the page there are a few maps corresponding with the locations in the booklet.

The overall condition is quite nice though the cover is partially detached. You can tell this was used often to either study or possibly use practically for missions.

Comes more than ready for further research and display.