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No surprise, the Guardian article was generated as a result of the map exhibition in Manchester previously announced on the list (the article linked to in Tony Campbell's message is a correction, that's why the dates are off). The article was picked up today on the AOL news service (if you can call it that) at http://news.aol.co.uk/soviets-planned-manchester-invasion/article/2009082703005150367383 Congratulations to Chris Perkins for getting international publicity for his show! If indeed the Soviets were planning to invade Manchester, they were planning to invade everywhere else as well. The British Library acquired as much Soviet military mapping as it could get its hands on, which included 48 UK town plans at 1:10,000, another 5 at 1:25,000, and general topographic mapping of the UK at 1:50,000, 1:100,000, 1:200,000, 1:500,000 and 1:1,000,000 scales. Many other libraries picked up materials of local interest as well.. Imagine how worried that information would make Guardian readers. April Carlucci Itinerant Map Catalog(u)er --- On Wed, 26/8/09, Tony Campbell <t.campb...@ockendon.clara.co.uk> wrote: From: Tony Campbell <t.campb...@ockendon.clara.co.uk> Subject: [MapHist] 'Guardian' piece about a detailed Soviet map of Manchester To: "*MapHist" <maphist@geo.uu.nl> Date: Wednesday, 26 August, 2009, 11:26 AM This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + 'Guardian' piece about a detailed Soviet map of Manchester. There is perhaps a little journalistic hyperbole involved. I rather doubt the Soviets had specific plans to capture Manchester. If they had, I imagine the tank crews would have insisted on stopping off first to kiss the turf at Old Trafford [a soccer reference for those from other cultures] August 26. < http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/aug/25/ussr-planned-invasion-manchester-exhibition > 'Tank tracks to Trafford: how USSR planned to invade Manchester. As Edward Heath wrestled with the oil crisis and three-day week more than 40 years ago, Soviet spies were mapping the UK' (by Martin Wainwright in the London Guardian). The full-page article illustrates and discusses a single map in an exhibition which had opened on 25 June 2009 (not 'tomorrow' as stated).. This is a detailed Soviet map (the scale is not given) dating from 1974. Much of it comprises quotes from the exhibition's organiser, Chris Perkins, e.g. "The Soviet military used everyday UK Ordnance Survey maps and publicly available road atlases and trade directories. But they supplemented it with aerial sources, such as spy planes and satellite imagery. And there's so much extra information, that it would be fair to assume that they were able to gather a considerable amount of intelligence on the ground." Tony Campbell i...@tonycampbell.info ** extract from: 'Latest News' - for the full story see the link above http://www.maphistory.info/newslatest.html [Note. Most news entries are NOT posted to MapHist] _______________________________________________ MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. List Information: http://www.maphist.nl Maphist mailing list Maphist@geo.uu.nl http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
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