Item PYMAN 5/23 - Account of 2 Army operations in North West Europe, 1944-1945, with diagrams, plans and maps

A short account of the operations of the 2 British Army, prepared by 2 Army, entitled 'A brief account of the operations of and the achievements of the 2 British Army Jun 1944 - May 1945' relating to Operation MARKET GARDEN, an operation to establish bridgehead across the Rhine in the Netherlands, Operations PLUNDER, the northern crossing of the Rhine by 21 Army Group and VARSITY airborne operation to establish bridgehead on the east bank of the Rhine. With diagrams, plans and maps including map of France, scale 1:100,000, part of GSGS 4249 sheet 7F, entitled 'The assault' showing the positions of the attacks of 30 Corps and 1 British Corps on the Normandy beaches and their predicted routes inland; map of the area around Falaise, France; map of the area along the River Seine, France from Louviers to Mantes-Gassicourt; map of North West Europe, scale 1:250,000 part of GSGS 4042 sheet 2A and 3A entitled 'Operation MARKET GARDEN' with troop movements indicated; map of the Rhineland between Emmerich and Rheinberg, Germany scale 1:100,000, part of GSGS 4416, sheets P1 and Q1, entitled 'Initial objectives for Operations PLUNDER and VARSITY' indicating the initial positions and predicted movements across the Rhine of 30 Corps 'turnscrew', 12 Corps 'torchlight' and 16 Corps, 9 US Army. 1 file