MAPS OF HISTORY · WWI · MAPS BY YEAR · April 1917The Great War, 1871–1923 · THE MAP IN APR 1917
Map of Europe in April 1917
The strain of three years · WWI
Europe in April 1917: The strain of three years. The map shows who held what: Germany and its allies — the Central Powers, The Entente & Allies, Under Central Powers occupation.
APR 1917 · THE GREAT WAR, 1871–1923 These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Caucasus Front, 1914–1918 Online · Cliopatria v 0.2.1 · National Army Museum: Mesopotamia campaign · Natural Earth physical geography · Anglo-Russian Convention, 31 August 1907, articles I–II · National Army Museum: Ramadi, September 1917 · Maps of History: Great War geographic decisions · National Army Museum: Salonika campaign · US Military Academy World War I atlas, chart 14 · US Military Academy World War I atlas, chart 16 · US Military Academy World War I atlas, chart 39 · US Military Academy World War I atlas, chart 41 · US Military Academy World War I atlas, chart 47
Source details Tigran Martirosyan, University of Amsterdam; Russian 1916 advance, Erzincan and Bitlis geographic extent.. Historical geographic facts cited; no map copied Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. Source polygons retained with original identities; geographic selections and corrections by Maps of History.. CC BY 4.0 National Army Museum; Basra, Kut, Baghdad and late 1917 campaign positions.. Historical evidence citation, no artwork copied Made with Natural Earth; geographic reference and physical land only. No modern political boundary is used as a historical boundary.. Public domain US Department of State, Foreign Relations of the United States; convention’s named places define the two concession spheres.. Historical treaty facts, independently reconstructed National Army Museum, accession 1965-10-209-49; Ramadi captured 28–29 September 1917.. Historical evidence citation Maps of History. Campaign-sector connectors and contextual regions are identified separately from imported vector outlines.. Original geographic reconstruction using attributed historical evidence National Army Museum: late 1916 Albanian coast–Monastir–Doiran–Struma line and 1918 liberation campaign.. Historical evidence citation; no artwork copied US Military Academy, Department of History & War Studies, World War I chart 14. Selected geographic front facts reconstructed independently; no claim of blanket public-domain artwork rights.. Geographic evidence citation; source index requests permission for map reprints. Original artwork is not redistributed. US Military Academy, Department of History & War Studies, World War I chart 16. Selected geographic front facts reconstructed independently; no claim of blanket public-domain artwork rights.. Geographic evidence citation; source index requests permission for map reprints. Original artwork is not redistributed. US Military Academy, Department of History & War Studies, World War I chart 39. Selected geographic front facts reconstructed independently; no claim of blanket public-domain artwork rights.. Geographic evidence citation; source index requests permission for map reprints. Original artwork is not redistributed. US Military Academy, Department of History & War Studies, World War I chart 41. Selected geographic front facts reconstructed independently; no claim of blanket public-domain artwork rights.. Geographic evidence citation; source index requests permission for map reprints. Original artwork is not redistributed. US Military Academy, Department of History & War Studies, World War I chart 47. Selected geographic front facts reconstructed independently; no claim of blanket public-domain artwork rights.. Geographic evidence citation; source index requests permission for map reprints. Original artwork is not redistributed. Annual source features can describe claims, legal territory or military control. Occupied extensions are separated from the prewar Central Power homelands, while the original source names and shapes remain available.
The area east/north of the sourced western front is selected within the 1914 historical French, Belgian and Luxembourg footprints. It represents military control, not annexation.
reconstruction: 1 January 1917 reference for late 1916–1917 · reconstruction: 1871–1918 · reconstruction: 1917 annual control · reconstruction: 1917.28 · reconstruction: 31 August 1907 · reconstruction: June 1915 first-battle reference · reconstruction: Late 1916 Russian advance reference · reconstruction: Late 1916 allied line · reconstruction: Late 1916 versus 1917 source control · reconstruction: Late 1917 campaign-sector reference · reconstruction: Spring 1917 Hindenburg withdrawal
Layer records and reconstruction methods
On the ground After Baghdad fell, Britain occupied central and southern Mesopotamia. Related maps
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