1943 Military Maps from North Africa

Years ago I acquired these old maps. I think they depict (possibly) troop movements of the Free French army during WWII. They are in poor condition, but I think a collector might be interested. Any thoughts in their rarity?

 

u don't mention size but it looks like they came out of a book..

 

They appear to be official state maps, given they are imprinted with this:



One is clearly labelled 'Les Aspirations Italiennes En Libye en 1920' or 'Italian Aspirations in Libya in 1920' so pre-dates World War II although map drawn in 1943. Will have something to do with the Italian colonization of Libya and plans for expanding their territory.

Debora

 

'Les Campagnes du Fezzân: Opérations de la Colonne Leclerc' or 'The Fezzân Campaigns: Operations of the Leclerc Column' would have to do with Brigadier General Leclerc's advance into Libya in 1942-1943.

Debora

 

I have no idea if these are rare but I can find no other examples on the internet. I assume there's a collector somewhere who would be interested.

Debora

 

You might look here. On the web site of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. They seem to have some maps from the Service Cartographique in their collection.

https://data.bnf.fr/en/ark:/12148/cb152884675

Debora

 

https://www.antiquers.com/threads/please-help-with-this-world-war-ii-map.11027/

 

Below, there is mention of maps being included in the book as springfld.arsenal noted in the thread above.

https://librarysearch.adelaide.edu.au/discovery/fulldisplay/alma9967687201811/61ADELAIDE_INST:UOFA

 

Good Flashback @sabre123 !!!!!!!

almost 9 years ago , & Lyn must have forgotten to record the info given at that time......

 

Yes, I had completely forgotten that I had posted a query previously! I think this time I'll actually list them on the Bay and see what happens.

Thank you to to all the responses - especially to Debora, who is an endless source of expertise.