Catalogue description Ministry of Defence: Directorate of Military Survey: Operation Corporate: Post Conflict Maps

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Details of DEFE 248
Reference: DEFE 248
Title: Ministry of Defence: Directorate of Military Survey: Operation Corporate: Post Conflict Maps
Description:

This series contains post Operation Corporate maps produced under the direction of the Directorate of Military Survey. This includes: minefield situation maps, minefield records maps, range maps, avoidance and conservation area maps and, miscellaneous post-conflict report graphics.
Date: 1983
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Ministry of Defence, Directorate of Military Survey, 1964-2000
Access conditions: Records not yet transferred
Administrative / biographical background:

The Directorate of Military Survey was established in 1943 and was responsible to the War Office for the production of maps and surveys across all Military Commands during World War Two. Subordinate to the Directorate in 1982 were 42 Survey Engineer Regiment Royal Engineers (established 1947). Force elements were deployed to the Falkland Islands in August 1982 accompanied by a Tactical Information Printing Truck (TACIPRINT), a mobile facility for the production of tactical and intelligence information overprinted onto a base map.

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