France Defence Overprint — Troarn Sector, D-Day, June 6th, 1944
The German defences facing the 6th Airborne Division on the eastern flank of the Normandy landings.
This Defence Overprint map covers the Troarn area east of the Orne River — the sector held by German forces in the early hours of D-Day and the objective of the British 6th Airborne Division's dramatic glider and parachute assault on June 6th, 1944. Compiled from aerial photography and intelligence sources and dated July 1944, it charts the full picture of German defensive preparations in remarkable detail: machine gun positions, artillery emplacements, anti-tank defences, trench lines, and field fortifications that the paratroopers and glider troops had to overcome in darkness before the seaborne landings even began.
Securing this flank was critical. Without it, the entire Allied beachhead risked being rolled up from the east. The men who fought through this ground — many of them dropped miles from their intended landing zones — did so against a defensive network laid out on maps exactly like this one.
Product Details:
- Printed on 175 gsm premium fine-art paper
- Matte finish for an authentic archival appearance
- Created from high-resolution scans of the original 1944 map
- Displays defensive positions, trench lines, artillery, anti-tank, and machine gun emplacements
- Ideal for collectors, historians, educators, and battlefield visitors
- Ships worldwide in protective packaging
A rare reproduction of Allied intelligence mapping from the eastern flank of Normandy — showing the defences the 6th Airborne Division faced on the most consequential night of the Second World War.