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Racial distribution of Austro-Hungarian monarchyVintage Photographs - Contemporary Maps
Updated - Saturday, 27 May, 2006

This section of the website contains archive photographs taken during, before and after the war.  Specifically this sub-section contains various maps produced by publishers of the many contemporary accounts of the war while it was still in progress.

Click here to view a collection of maps produced in the post-war period detailing both the battlefronts and specific battles.  Click here to read introductory notes relating to this section, including information on photograph sources.  Use the sidebar to the right to select other categories of photos available within this section.

The photos reproduced below are in thumbnail format - simply click a given photograph to view a larger copy within a separate window.

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Racial distribution of Austro-Hungarian monarchy (NW) Map of German and Slav peoples in Europe in 1914 (NW)
Map of German advance to 6 September 1914 (NW) Map of the Western Front, early summer 1916 (NW)
Map of the Gallipoli peninsula (NW) Contemporary map of the attack on Verdun (NW)
Contemporary map of first six week's Allied progress in the Somme battle (NW) Contemporary map detailing German possessions in Africa before the war (NW)
Contemporary map of the world after two years of war (NW) Map of the Gallipoli peninsular with inset of Sari Bair region (HW)
Ports, airfields and naval bases on the North Sea early in the war (HW) Map of the location of Earl Kitchener's death (HW)
Map of the course of the Battle of Jutland, 1916 (HW) Map of the battles fought on the Somme (HW)
Map of the battleground of Neuve Chapelle (HW) Germany's possessions in Africa prior to 1914 (HW)
Map of the battlefront between Armentieres and La Bassee (HW) English coast towns that were raided by the Germans in 1914 (HW)
Territory controlled by Turkey in 1914 (HW) Zeebrugge harbour blocked by the British (HW)
Central Europe (GW) Belgium and Northern France (GW)
Northern France, the Western Campaign (GW) Political map of Africa in 1914 (GW)
British positions before Ypres on 29, 30, 31 October 1914 (GW) South Africa (GW)
East European theatre of war (GW) Antwerp and its defences, 1914 (GW)
Map of Pentland Firth and Scapa Flow (GW) Map of the Black Sea: Bosphorus and Dardanelles (GW)
Austria-Hungary and Neighbouring Lands (GW) North-Sea and the Baltic (GW)
Map of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal, 25 Jan-3 Feb 1915 (GW) Map of the German attack north of Warsaw, February 1915 (GW)
Map of the Battle of the Falkland Islands (GW) Map of Russian positions in the Carpathians, February 1915 (GW)
British and German positions at Givenchy and Cuinchy, 25 Jan 1915 (GW) The Polish campaign: map of the struggle from Oct-Dec 1914 (GW)
Map of the Cameroons (GW) Sketch map of the Cuxhaven air raid, Christmas Day 1914 (GW)
The battleground of Neuve Chapelle, showing British positions (GW) The entrance to the Dardanelles to the Straits and the Narrows (GW)
The Franco-German frontier (GW) German line around Verdun and the St Mihiel Salient, Feb 1915 (GW)
Franco-British lines at Ypres, February 1915 (GW) Scene of the battle near Soissons, 11-14 January 1915 (GW)
The Allied line in France and Belgium at the start of Feb 1915 (GW) Asia Minor, the Caucasus Region and Mesopotamia (GW)
Map of the blockade of the German East African coast, early 1915 (GW) Map illustrating French effort west of Lens, March-May 1915 (GW)
Map of the environs of Ypres (GW) Map of the Ypres Salient on 25 April 1915 (GW)
East Africa (GW) German South-West Africa (GW)
Allied line around Ypres during first gas attack, 22 April 1915 (GW) Three theatres of war: (I) Trentino, (II) Carnic Alps, (III) Isonzo (GW)
Map of the Allied line around Ypres, June 1915 (GW) Map of British First Army operations, May/June 1915 (GW)
Ypres Salient around the Second Battle of Ypres, Apr-May 1915 (GW) Map of Allied operations at Gallipoli, 25 April to 30 May 1915 (GW)
Poland 1815-1914 (GW) Poland and the partitions of 1772, 1793 and 1795 (GW)
Austro-Italian border (GW) Germany's gains from Russian territory to the end of summer 1915 (GW)
Map showing Allied line in Southern Gallipoli, July 1915 (GW) Map of the British salient around Ypres, summer 1915 (GW)
The battlefields of Anzac (GW) Map showing the German salient around Hooge after 30 July 1915 (GW)
Scene of the Summer 1915 campaign in the Vosges mountains and Alsace (GW) Map of British attack around Loos, 25 Sep 1915 (GW)
Balkan states after the wars of 1912-13 (GW) Map illustrating the evacuation of Serbia, Oct-Dec 1915 (GW)
The various war aims in the Balkans (GW) Battle of Ctesiphon: map of the two main Turkish positions, 22 Nov 15 (GW)
Allied line in Artois before and after offensive of Sep 1915 (GW) British operations in the Persian Gulf, Jan-Nov 1915 (GW)
Map showing Allied line around Loos and Hulluch following 8 Oct 1915 (GW) Map of scene of German attacks east and south-east of Ypres, Feb 1916 (GW)
Map of scene of German attacks north of Ypres, February 1916 (GW) British line between Ypres and Armentieres, winter 1915-16 (GW)
German colonies in the Pacific at the start of the war (GW) Map showing old and new lines after French attack at Champagne, Sep 15 (GW)
German colonies in West Africa at the start of the war (GW) Map showing the area of Gallipoli evacuated in January 1916 (GW)
Map of French line between Rheims and Argonne Forest prior to Sep 15 (GW) Map showing Allied position near Albert and Frise, Feb 1916 (GW)
India and the campaigns of the Middle East (GW) Map of the opening of the German Verdun offensive, February 1916 (GW)
Map showing lines of Russian advance on Erzerum, Trebizond & Bitlis (GW) Map illustrating Anglo-French retreat from Archangel Mountain (GW)
Map showing chief harbours of Portugal and her possessions (GW) The Russian attack on the Deve Boyun Pass and advance on Erzerum (GW)
Map illustrating the strategic importance of Salonika (GW) Map showing the lines of the Serbian retreat to the Adriatic (GW)
Map illustrating the British line in Artois, Spring 1916 (GW) Scene of fighting at St. Eloi and Ypres Salient, Spring 1916 (GW)
Map illustrating the campaigns in Egypt, Feb 1915-May 1916 (GW) The campaign against the Senussi on Western Frontier of Egypt (GW)
Map of the Turkish investment of Kut-el-Amara (GW) Map of Turkish positions guarding approaches to Kut-el-Amara (GW)

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