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

Map of the world in November 1914

A world of empires at war · WWI

The world in November 1914: A world of empires at war. The map shows who held what: Entente-aligned & imperial territories, The Entente & Allies, Germany and its allies — the Central Powers.

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Map of the world in November 1914 (WWI): A world of empires at war. Colours show Entente-aligned & imperial territories, The Entente & Allies, Germany and its allies — the Central Powers. — NOV 1914 · THE GREAT WAR, 1871–1923

These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Cliopatria v 0.2.1 · Natural Earth physical geography

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

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.

vector: 1815–1937 · vector: 1840–1978 · vector: 1848–1935 · vector: 1864–1921 · vector: 1865–1914 · vector: 1865–1915 · vector: 1866–2023 · vector: 1871–1914 · vector: 1871–1916 · vector: 1873–1914 · vector: 1877–1935 · vector: 1877–2023 · vector: 1885–1925 · vector: 1890–1914 · vector: 1890–1978 · vector: 1890–2023 · vector: 1895–1917 · vector: 1895–1941 · vector: 1895–1978 · vector: 1898–1914 · vector: 1898–2023 · vector: 1900–1918 · vector: 1900–1986 · vector: 1905–1914 · vector: 1905–1915 · vector: 1905–1921 · vector: 1905–1923 · vector: 1905–1925 · vector: 1905–1927 · vector: 1905–1928 · vector: 1905–1942 · vector: 1905–1949 · vector: 1905–1999 · vector: 1908–1916 · vector: 1908–1931 · vector: 1908–1935 · vector: 1911–1914 · vector: 1911–1915 · vector: 1911–1925 · vector: 1911–1929 · vector: 1912–1914 · vector: 1912–1915 · vector: 1912–1919 · vector: 1912–1921 · vector: 1912–1955 · vector: 1913–1914 · vector: 1913–1915 · vector: 1913–1918 · vector: 1913–1919 · vector: 1914–1914 · vector: 1914–1915 · vector: 1914–1916 · vector: 1914–1938

Layer records and reconstruction methods

What changes on the map

Belgium	— → The Entente & Allies
Japan	— → The Entente & Allies
South Korea	— → Entente-aligned & imperial territories
North Korea	— → Entente-aligned & imperial territories
Taiwan	— → Entente-aligned & imperial territories
Belgian Congo	— → Entente-aligned & imperial territories
Ottoman Empire	— → Germany and its allies — the Central Powers
Syria (Ottoman Empire)	— → Germany and its allies — the Central Powers
Lebanon (Ottoman Empire)	— → Germany and its allies — the Central Powers
Palestine (Ottoman Empire)	— → Germany and its allies — the Central Powers
Palestine (Ottoman Empire)	— → Germany and its allies — the Central Powers
Transjordan (Ottoman Empire)	— → Germany and its allies — the Central Powers
Mesopotamia (Ottoman Empire)	— → Germany and its allies — the Central Powers
Yemen	— → Germany and its allies — the Central Powers
Togoland (German)	Germany and its allies — the Central Powers → Entente-aligned & imperial territories
New Guinea (German/Australian)	Germany and its allies — the Central Powers → Entente-aligned & imperial territories

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