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This original seven-color Nazi map was printed by the Velhagen & Klasing map company of Bielefeld and Leipzig in 1940. Folded up it measures 8-¼ x 11-1/2 inches, and when completely unfolded it measures 34 x 40 inches (87 x 102 cm). The scale is 1:3,000,000 (1 centimeter = 30 kilometers) and the countries shown on this Third Reich map are France, Great Britain, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Greater Germany, northern Italy and Spain, a large part of Scandinavia and even the southern edge of Iceland.

The map is dated 1940 in the lower right corner and the Nazi Westwall defenses are marked in green (see photo right). Also mentioned and marked on this map is the Verteidigungszone des Heeres or Defense Zone of the Army.

The publisher refers to it as a map giving a fantastic overview of the sea and trade war, not only covering the western powers but also showing northern and southern Europe. 

This Nazi map has advertising for similar maps produced by Velhagen & Klasing (including the "Our Western Border with Siegfried Line and Maginot Line" and "The German East and Poland with German-Russian Interest Border!).

This 83 year old Third Reich color map is in very nice, little used condition with nice bright colors. No major tears, no tape, no discoloration, no odor.  For anyone studying military or political aspects of Third Reich Germany and / or World War II in western Europe, this is a perfect map.