MAPS OF HISTORY · WWI · MAPS BY YEAR · December 1916The Great War, 1871–1923 · THE MAP IN DEC 1916
Map of Europe in December 1916
The furnaces · WWI
Europe in December 1916: The furnaces. Since November 1915, 3 territories changed status on this map: Montenegro, Portugal and Romania.
DEC 1916 · THE GREAT WAR, 1871–1923 These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Caucasus Front, 1914–1918 Online · Cliopatria v 0.2.1 · Natural Earth physical geography · Anglo-Russian Convention, 31 August 1907, articles I–II · Maps of History: Great War geographic decisions · National Army Museum: Salonika campaign · US Military Academy World War I atlas, chart 11 · US Military Academy World War I atlas, chart 14 · US Military Academy World War I atlas, chart 39 · US Military Academy World War I atlas, chart 41
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 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 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 11. 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 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 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. 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: 1916.92 · reconstruction: 31 August 1907 · reconstruction: January 1915–December 1916 chart; principal 1915 line · reconstruction: June 1915 first-battle reference · reconstruction: Late 1916 Russian advance reference · reconstruction: Late 1916 allied line · reconstruction: Late 1916 versus 1917 source control
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What changes on the map Montenegro The Entente & Allies → Under Central Powers occupation Portugal — → The Entente & Allies Romania — → The Entente & Allies
On the ground The Central Powers occupied Wallachia and the Dobruja, while the remaining Romanian state held Moldavia. The chapters of this moment
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