Catalogue description Ministry of Defence: Directorate of Military Survey: Operation Corporate: Post Conflict Maps
Reference: | DEFE 248 |
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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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