The Great War, 1871–1923 · THE MAP IN JUL 1914

Map of Europe in July 1914

The powder keg · before WWI

Europe in July 1914: The powder keg. Since August 1913, 2 territories changed status on this map: Italy and Libya.

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Map of Europe in July 1914 (before WWI): The powder keg. Colours show The Entente & Allies, Germany and its allies — the Central Powers, Entente-aligned & imperial territories. — JUL 1914 · THE GREAT WAR, 1871–1923

These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Cliopatria v 0.2.1 · Natural Earth physical geography · Anglo-Russian Convention, 31 August 1907, articles I–II

Source details

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

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.

reconstruction: 1871–1918 · reconstruction: 31 August 1907 · vector: 1815–1937 · vector: 1848–1935 · vector: 1864–1921 · vector: 1871–1914 · vector: 1871–1916 · vector: 1873–1914 · vector: 1890–1914 · vector: 1895–1917 · vector: 1898–1914 · vector: 1900–1918 · vector: 1905–1914 · vector: 1905–1915 · vector: 1905–1921 · vector: 1908–1935 · vector: 1912–1914 · vector: 1912–1915 · vector: 1912–1919 · vector: 1912–1921 · vector: 1912–1955 · vector: 1913–1914 · vector: 1913–1915 · vector: 1914–1914 · vector: 1914–1915 · vector: 1914–1916

Layer records and reconstruction methods

What changes on the map

Italy	Germany and its allies — the Central Powers → Neutral or unaligned
Libya	Germany and its allies — the Central Powers → Neutral or unaligned

The chapters of this moment

CH 3 — July Crisis and outbreak of WWI

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