The Great War, 1871–1923 · THE MAP IN NOV 1918

Map of the world in November 1918

The armistice world · WWI

The world in November 1918: The armistice world. Since April 1917, 44 territories changed status on this map: including Russian Empire, Ukraine (Russian Empire), Belarus (Russian Empire) and 41 more.

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Map of the world in November 1918 (WWI): The armistice world. Colours show Entente-aligned & imperial territories, The Entente & Allies, Empires in collapse (1918–22). — NOV 1918 · THE GREAT WAR, 1871–1923

These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Cliopatria v 0.2.1 · Natural Earth physical geography · Treaty of Versailles: Rhineland occupation

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
Versailles articles 428–432; Rhineland occupation and bridgeheads.. Historical treaty facts; original geographic reconstruction

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 nearest published outlines after the event, from 1919, replace the preceding wartime control shown by the 1918 source. This is an explicit date proxy, not an exact monthly partition.

reconstruction: 1918.9 · vector: 1815–1937 · vector: 1840–1978 · vector: 1848–1935 · vector: 1864–1921 · vector: 1866–2023 · vector: 1877–1935 · vector: 1877–2023 · vector: 1885–1925 · vector: 1890–1978 · vector: 1890–2023 · vector: 1895–1941 · vector: 1895–1978 · vector: 1898–2023 · vector: 1900–1986 · 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: 1908–1931 · vector: 1908–1935 · vector: 1911–1925 · vector: 1911–1929 · vector: 1912–1919 · vector: 1912–1921 · vector: 1912–1955 · vector: 1913–1919 · vector: 1914–1938 · vector: 1915–1921 · vector: 1915–1940 · vector: 1916–1919 · vector: 1917–1919 · vector: 1917–1921 · vector: 1918–1919 · vector: 1918–1925 · vector: 1918–1926 · vector: 1918–1938 · vector: 1918–1941 · vector: 1919–1919 · vector: 1919–1921 · vector: 1919–1923 · vector: 1919–1925 · vector: 1919–1937

Layer records and reconstruction methods

What changes on the map

Russian Empire	The Entente & Allies → Russia in revolution
Ukraine (Russian Empire)	The Entente & Allies → Russia in revolution
Belarus (Russian Empire)	The Entente & Allies → Russia in revolution
Kazakhstan	The Entente & Allies → Russia in revolution
Uzbekistan	The Entente & Allies → Russia in revolution
Turkmenistan	The Entente & Allies → Russia in revolution
Tajikistan	The Entente & Allies → Russia in revolution
Kyrgyzstan	The Entente & Allies → Russia in revolution
Estonia (Russian Empire)	The Entente & Allies → Neutral or unaligned
Latvia (Russian Empire)	The Entente & Allies → Neutral or unaligned
Lithuania (Russian Empire)	Under Central Powers occupation → Neutral or unaligned
Finland (Russian Empire)	The Entente & Allies → Neutral or unaligned
Poland (partitioned)	Under Central Powers occupation → Neutral or unaligned
Georgia (Russian Empire)	The Entente & Allies → Neutral or unaligned
Armenia (Russian Empire)	The Entente & Allies → Neutral or unaligned
Azerbaijan (Russian Empire)	The Entente & Allies → Neutral or unaligned
German Empire	Germany and its allies — the Central Powers → Empires in collapse (1918–22)
Austria-Hungary	Germany and its allies — the Central Powers → Empires in collapse (1918–22)
Hungary (Austria-Hungary)	Germany and its allies — the Central Powers → Empires in collapse (1918–22)
Czech lands (Austria-Hungary)	Germany and its allies — the Central Powers → Empires in collapse (1918–22)
Slovakia (Hungary)	Germany and its allies — the Central Powers → Empires in collapse (1918–22)
Slovenia (Austria-Hungary)	Germany and its allies — the Central Powers → Empires in collapse (1918–22)
Croatia (Hungary)	Germany and its allies — the Central Powers → Empires in collapse (1918–22)
Bosnia (Austria-Hungary)	Germany and its allies — the Central Powers → Empires in collapse (1918–22)

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