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MAP NO
x
GEO TTOPOGRAPHICAL AND AIRFIELD MAP
DANGER OF PEAT
(For use in selecting sites for rapid airfield construction)
IN
U.S. SECRET
ANTWERP
PLACES
BRITISH MOST SECRET
COLORS (horizontal) refer to density of possible sites in an
COLOGNE
area, judged on levelness and closeness of country.
LINE AND DOT PATTERNS (vertical) refer to soil types
AIRFIELD LEGEND
which govern permeability and drainage.
x
Granular Soils Loam Soils Clay Soils Marsh, etc.
BRUSSELS
AIRFIELD (Runways and/or Full Facilities)
x
X
Many Sites
LANDING GROUND (Limited Facilities)
Some Sites
E.L.G. (Emergency use only)
x
x
Few Sites
0
x
SITE (Former Airfield, Landing Ground or E.L.G.)
x
x
x
xx
x x
Very Few Sites
NOTE: Airfields, L. Gs. and E.L.Gs. in
x
X
xxx
GERMANY are NOT shown
x
AMIENS O
O
x
X
o
x
*
to
O
x
x
x
xi
x
ROUEN
x
x
x
x
x
REIMS
x
x
OXX
x
*
x *
x
x
x
x
X
STRASBOURGO
x
x
LAPARIS X
I
0
x
x
x
xo
x
x
X
x
x
*
X
X
x
PENNES
x
x
x
NANTES
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This volume on the Quadrant Conference includes the papers and minutes of Combined Chiefs of Staff meetings 106 to 116. These were held from August 14 to 24, 1943, in Quebec at the Chateau Frontenac. Also included in the conference were two meetings at the Citadel of Quebec, attended by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on August 19 and 23, 1943. A wide range of topics were presented including various aspects of the war against Japan and Operation Overlord.
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