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Dear Bill,
For good topos of the Battle of Waterloo you should check "An Atlas of the
Campaign of Waterloo", by John Codman Ropes, "Designed to accompany the
Author's 'Campaign of Waterloo - A Military History.'"  New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1893.
        Plates 1 to 12 show "Positions of the three armies at ..., June ...,
1815.  NO.s 1 to 5 are on a common base at a scale of ca. 1:350,000 and show
no relief.  The base here says "The country roads shown in this map are
taken from Charra's ATLAS OF THE CAMPAIGN and other authorities."  Plates 6
to 12 are on a common base bearing the statement "Part of Belgium from a
tracing of a portion of Sheet XIII of the Comte de Ferraris' Carte
Chorographique des Pays-Bas Autrichien made by Edward A. Reeves, Assistant
Map Curator, R.G.S., London, 1889.  Retraced omitting the features
immaterial to the Campaign of 1815, by Wm. H. Munroe, Boston, 1892."  Scale
is ca. 1:100,000.  These also lack relief.  The last two plates are on a
base entitled "Plan of Waterloo 1815 Compiled from the Carte Topographique
de la Belgique published in 1882[,] and from Craan's Plan of the Battle of
Waterloo published at Brussels in 1817."  The contour interval is 1 metre,
the scale ca. 1:20,000.
 
        The University of Alberta has a Japanese top sheet of Maraei,
Abaiang & Tarawa, ca 1943.  The scale is 1:100,000.  There are two versions,
one with extensive Japanese text which map be later, and one without the
text.  There are no contours, merely an indication of hills.  It is part of
a series of maps covering the Gilbert and Ellice Islands.  The Western
Association of Map Libraries has available a microfiche set entitled "U.S.
Navy Nautical Charts of Melanesia  1917 1975."  251 fiche.  They have also
made available on microfilm, "Bernice Bishop Museum Air Photos of Melanesia.
ca. 64,000 photos on 70 reels of 35 mm. film."  You should check university
map libraries in your area for these.
 
        For Stalingrad, The Univ. of Alberta has 1:50,000 German Army
sheets.  A block of 14 sheets extend north and west of the city, roughly the
area in which a unit of the German Army was cut off and surrendered.  Again
you may find these available locally as well.  If not, I could photocopy one
or two sheets for you if you will outline the area you are interested in on
say the Stalingrad sheet of the USAMS 1:250,000 topo series of the 1950s or 60s.
 
        The suggestion to use presently available games is the best one so
far but if you want to get back to original sources, they are available.
 
Best of luck with the project.
 
Sincerely,
Ron Whistance-Smith
14520 84 Ave NW
Edmonton, AB
Canada, T5R 3X2
FAX: (403)483-5858                     email:[log in to unmask]
 
Ron Whistance-Smith
14520 84th Ave. NW
Edmonton, AB
Canada   T5R 3X2
FAX: (403) 483-5858                   email: [log in to unmask]