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War plans of France and GermanyBattlefield Maps: War Plans
Updated - Saturday, 3 April, 2004

This section of the website reproduces large-scale maps categorised by battlefront covering the key battles and offensives fought from 1914-18.

Specifically, this page contains a map showing the war plans of Germany and France.

The sidebar to the right lists each map category available within the section.  Click here to view an introduction to the map series.

Three versions of each map are available - small, medium and large.  Generally small files possess a resolution of 800x600 (approx. 70KB); medium files 1600x1200 (approx. 140KB) and large files 4000x3000 (approx. 550KB).

War Plans
Schlieffen Plan and Plan XVII
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A Kite Balloon was an observation balloon controlled by a cable from the ground.


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