Includes maps of: [World]; General Circulation of the Atmosphere; Strait of Korea; Frequency of Severe Tropical Storms; Dunkirk and the Normandy Coast; German Advance toward Dunkirk; Weather Maps; Falmouth,Fredericksburg, and the Rappahannock River; Weather Patterns over the Eastern United States, January 1863; Flanders and Nearby Areas; Terrain and Geologic Characteristics of Flanders; Ardennes, Showing the Planned Three-prong German Offensive in the Battle of the Bulge; Weather Map for 16 December 1944 - Ardennes; Average European Weather Conditions for 16-22 December 1944; Southeast Asia in 1968, Showing the Relative Location of Khe Sanh and Dien Bien Phu; Khe Sanh Area, 1968; Direction of Monsoon Winds over Southeast Asia; Size and Latitude of the Superimposed Former Soviet Union; Average Minimum Temperatures for January - Russia and Eastern Europe; Absolute Minimum Winter Temperatures - Russia and Eastern Europe; Average Maximum Termperatures - Russia and Eastern Europe; Maximum Summer Temperatures - Russia and Eastern Europe; Average Annual Maximum Snow Depth - Russia and Eastern Europe; Main Lines of Thrust in Operation Barbarossa; World Vegetation Regions; Hooker's Initial Maneuver and Lee's Response Leading to the First Battle in the Wilderness; Union Positions and Jackson's Flanking Movement during the May 1863 Battle at Chancellorsville; Initial Positions in the Second Battle of the Wilderness, May 1864; La Drang Valley, 1965; Major Tectonic Plates; Landforms and Geology Associated with the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War; Three-phase Drainage Capture by the Potomac River; Battle of Gettysburg - Early Movements on Day 1, 1 July 1863; Battle of Gettysburg - General Robert E. Lee's Plan for 2 July 1863; Battle of Gettysburg - Major Movements on Day 2, 2 July 1863; Battle of Gettysburg - Confederate Attacks on Day 3, 3 July 1863; Landforms and Geology of the Verdun Area; Approaches to the Rhine River; Allied Objectives, September 1944 [Arnhem]; German Counterattacks, 22-25 September [Arnhem]; Real and Reversed Maps of the Great Lakes and Northwest Eurasia; Maximum Extent of the Scandinavian and North American Ice Sheets; North-South Geologic Cross-section of the Central Alps; Continental Drainage Divide of Northeastern Europe; Drumlins Related to the Battle of Bunker Hill; South-central Italy; American and British Beachhead Positions at Anzio, Early 1944; Allied Link-up and Breakout from the Anzio Beachhead, Late May 1944; Selected Battle Lines in the Korean Conflict, June to September 1950; Sea Routes of Invasion Forces Involved in the Inchon Amphibious Operation, September 1950; Southwest Pacific Ocean; Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands; Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands; Iwo Jima; Allied-Japanese Conflict Area in Eastern Papua New Guinea; Coastal Area of the Western Desert [North Africa]; Sinai and Its Major Roads and Passes. "Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Harrisonburg, Virginia"--P. facing t.p.

War and geography : introduction -- Storms, fair weather, and chance : Kamikazes, Dunkirk, and Normandy -- Too much and too wet : the Civil War mud march and Flanders' Fields -- Clouds and fot : the Bulge and Khe Sanh -- Invading another climate as seasons change : Napoleon and Hitler in Russia -- Forests and jungles : the Wilderness and the Ia Drang Valley -- Terrains and corridors : the American Civil War's eastern theater and World War I Verdun -- Troubled waters : River crossings at Arnhem and Remagen -- Glaciers shape the land : Alpine fighting and the road to Moscow -- Peninsulas and sea coasts : Anzio and Inchon -- Island battles : Tarawa and Iwo Jima -- Hot, wet, and sick : New Guinea and Ddien Bien Phu -- Heat, rock, and sand : the Western Desert and the Sinai -- Conclusion.