The Great War, 1871–1923
WWI maps by year
29 historical maps of The Great War, 1871–1923, one for each turning point: who controlled what, and what changed since the map before.
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Europe
May 1871
A NEW EMPIRE IN THE MIDDLE
July 1878
THE CONGRESS OF BERLIN
September 1882
BISMARCK’S WEB
June 1890
THE WIRE TO RUSSIA IS CUT
January 1894
THE FRANCO-RUSSIAN ALLIANCE
April 1904
THE ENTENTE CORDIALE
August 1907
TWO BLOCS
October 1908
THE ANNEXATION OF BOSNIA
December 1912
THE FIRST BALKAN WAR
August 1913
THE TREATY OF BUCHAREST
July 1914
THE POWDER KEG
August 1914
THE GUNS OF AUGUST
September 1914
THE MARNE — THE SHORT WAR DIES
November 1914
THE OTTOMANS ENTER
November 1915
THE WIDENING WAR
December 1916
THE FURNACES
April 1917
THE STRAIN OF THREE YEARS
November 1917
REVOLUTION, AND CAPORETTO
March 1918
BREST-LITOVSK — THE OCCUPIED EAST
July 1918
THE HIGH-WATER MARK IN THE WEST
October 1918
THE SOUTHERN WALL FALLS
November 1918
ARMISTICE
June 1919
THE NEW MAP
August 1920
WARSAW AND SÈVRES
July 1923
THE MAP OF 1923
The world
November 1914
A WORLD OF EMPIRES AT WAR
December 1915
THE COLONIAL CAMPAIGNS
April 1917
AMERICA COMES IN
November 1918
THE ARMISTICE WORLD
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