ITALY [& South Switzerland]
To view paper originals of the 1:25,000 and 1:50,000 scale series, visit the William C. Wonders Map Collection at the University of Alberta
To view paper originals of the 1:100,000 and 1:250,000 scale series, visit the Lloyd Reeds Map Collection at McMaster University.
To locate the images on a map, browse our Italy WWII Topographic Series Index.
To view scanned images of the maps, click on the desired scale listed below:
1:25,000 scale series (G.S.G.S. 4228)
1:50,000 scale series (G.S.G.S. 4229)
1:100,000 scale series (G.S.G.S. 4164)
1:250,000 scale series (G.S.G.S. 4230 & A.M.S. M591)
You may also be interested in...
U.S. Army Map Service, Italy City Plans (1943-1944)
available online courtesy of the University of Texas, Perry Castaneda Library.
Battle of Monte Cassino, Polish Artillery Fire Plan, May 1944
available courtesy of mapywig.org and the Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny (WIG), or Polish Institute of Geography.
German Army Map of Southern Italy
War Office Supplementary Documents (May 1, 1943)
"These wartime guides are an invaluable description of, and finding aid for, the general mapping situation and map series in use in various theatres in World War 2. Armed with the information they contain, the historian or researcher can, if required, seek appropriate series and sheets in the various archives and map libraries in which these maps may now be found such as The National Archives, The British Library, The Imperial War Museum, The Royal Geographical Society and University Libraries.
To this end, the Defence Surveyors’ Association has included scanned versions of all four guides on the web site to assist researchers who may not otherwise have access to these publications."
Defence Surveyors' Association (U.K.)
Notes on the GSGS Map Series:
Italy (PDF, 42.1 MB)
Maps & Survey H.M.S.O., Chapter 10:
Italy (PDF, 2.1 MB)
Maps & Survey H.M.S.O., Chapter 12:
Miscellaneous Theatres: Iceland, Malaya, Greece, Sicily and Pacific (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Glossary of Topographical Terms:
Italian (PDF, 2.8 MB)
