Goldap 2022*
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Updated for WinSPMBT Febuary 2022*
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This map represents the area around Goldap in modern day Poland in late summer / early autumn in the present day*
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During World War II Goldap was the first town of the German Reich to fall and as a result of heavy fighting for the city and the regions directly east of it, in August and September 1944, 90%% of the town was destroyed. However, in November 1944 the Wehrmacht reconquered Goldap and would be able to keep it until the end of December of the same year. In January, the German positions in far-eastern East Prussia broke down completely.*
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The area today is part of Poland and very close to the Russian Baltic Kaliningrad Oblast which after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, became an exclave, geographically separated from the rest of Russia. This isolation from the rest of Russia became even more pronounced politically when Poland and Lithuania became members of NATO and subsequently the European Union in 2004. All military and civilian land links between the region and the rest of Russia have to pass through members of NATO and the EU. *
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The contours were generated using the Venhola map generator*
( http://www.venhola.com/maps/ )*
then details were edited in from a 1940's era map of the Regions but also using Google maps satellite.* 
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The map could be used for generated battles or as a sceranrio or part of a mini campaign and anyone wishing to do so can use the map. *
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Map design by:*
Don Goodbrand - Camo Workshop* 
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