1945 Kaliher and White Pictorial WWII Route Map of the 79th Inf. in France

This is a 1945 Steve Kaliher and Harry D. White pictorial map of the 79th Infantry's route through northern France. The map depicts northern France from the English Channel south to Le Mans and from Mont Saint-Michel Bay to Mantes Gassicourt and the Seine River. Tracing the beginning of the 79th's combat in France, the map covers towns and cities from Normandy through the Ile-de-France just west of Paris. Black arrows follow the division's movements, with thin red lines illustrating how far the division moved from day to day. Several charming vignettes dot the map, including an illustration of the division landing in Normandy eight days after D-Day, the Fort du Roule in Cherbourg, and the swift advance (a tank followed by troops in a truck) after the Allies finally broke out of Normandy. A gloomy, dark vignette occupies the upper right corner illustrating the 79th's crossing of the Seine River at Mantes Gassicourt, the first Allied bridgehead across the Seine. The 79th played a critical role in this operation, securing the bridgehead on the east bank of the Seine.

This map was created by Steve Kaliher and Harry D. White and printed by Fritz Busche Druckereiges M.B.H. in Germany in 1945.