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

Map of Europe in October 1918

The southern wall falls · WWI

Europe in October 1918: The southern wall falls. Since July 1918, 10 territories changed status on this map: including Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire, Syria (Ottoman Empire) and 7 more.

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Map of Europe in October 1918 (WWI): The southern wall falls. Colours show Entente-aligned & imperial territories, Under Central Powers occupation, Germany and its allies — the Central Powers. — OCT 1918 · THE GREAT WAR, 1871–1923

These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Cliopatria v 0.2.1 · Natural Earth physical geography · Maps of History: Great War geographic decisions · National Army Museum: Salonika campaign · US Military Academy World War I atlas, chart 15 · US Military Academy World War I atlas, chart 23 · US Military Academy World War I atlas, chart 39 · US Military Academy World War I atlas, chart 41

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
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 15. 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 23. 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: 11 November 1918 line used for the existing late-war chapter frame · reconstruction: 12 November 1917 Piave withdrawal reference · reconstruction: 1871–1918 · reconstruction: 1918 limit of occupation after Brest-Litovsk · reconstruction: 1918.8 · reconstruction: MidOctober 1918 campaign-sector reference

Layer records and reconstruction methods

What changes on the map

Bulgaria	Germany and its allies — the Central Powers → Empires in collapse (1918–22)
Ottoman Empire	Germany and its allies — the Central Powers → Empires in collapse (1918–22)
Syria (Ottoman Empire)	Germany and its allies — the Central Powers → Entente-aligned & imperial territories
Lebanon (Ottoman Empire)	Germany and its allies — the Central Powers → Entente-aligned & imperial territories
Palestine (Ottoman Empire)	Germany and its allies — the Central Powers → Entente-aligned & imperial territories
Transjordan (Ottoman Empire)	Germany and its allies — the Central Powers → Entente-aligned & imperial territories
Mesopotamia (Ottoman Empire)	Germany and its allies — the Central Powers → Entente-aligned & imperial territories
Serbia	Under Central Powers occupation → The Entente & Allies
Macedonia (Serbia)	Under Central Powers occupation → The Entente & Allies
Kosovo (Serbia)	Under Central Powers occupation → The Entente & Allies

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