The U.S. Army Atlas of the European Theater in World War II is a carefully selected collection of some of the best U.S. military history maps ever produced. Professional historians, cartographers, and other staff at the U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH) drew on a multitude of records and recollections to compile the most comprehensive and objective chronicle of the European phase of World War II. The atlas contains facsimile reproductions of original maps produced over more than four decades, from 1950 to 1993.

With its combination of campaign descriptions, photographs, and detailed cartography, this collection vividly shows the military tactics and strategy that were implemented by U.S. forces throughout Europe, from the landing along the shores of Normandy to the liberation of Paris to V-E Day, May 8, 1945. The remarkably detailed maps include the locations and elevations of the railroads, highways, bridges, forests, and rivers that defined the supply and battle lines throughout the European Theater, as well as the disposition of troops, landing zones, objectives, battle sites, and avenues of advance for both Allied and Axis forces. By showing how the scene shifted as each battle was fought, collectively the maps show how the war was won and demonstrate in graphic terms that terrain is the physical location where strategy and reality intersect.

The 137 maps in the U.S. Army Atlas of the European Theater in World War II—collected here for the first time in one volume—are unique documents in the archives of twentieth-century warfare, and as such make this a vital reference for students, historians, military personnel, or anyone else interested in better understanding the grand stage upon which the U.S. efforts to help liberate Europe in World War II were enacted.