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At its greatest extent, the front ran some 440 miles (700 km) from the Belgian coast at Nieuwpoort, through France, and all the way to the border of Switzerland, just south of the Alsatian village of Pfetterhouse. The contours of the line reflected the extent of German success during the war.
Battlefield Maps - Western Front. This section of the website reproduces large-scale maps categorised by battlefront covering the key battles and offensives fought from 1914-18.
Overview and map of the battlefield regions where the First World War battles took place on the Western Front.
Map of the Western Front, 1915–16. Between the coast and the Vosges was a westward bulge in the trench line, named the Noyon salient after the French town at the maximum point of the German advance near Compiègne. Joffre's plan for 1915 was to attack the salient on both flanks to cut it off. [33]
Maps of the Western Front in the Great War depicting British and German trenches. Browse the maps: As individual sheets using a zoomable map. As zoomable overlays of each map on a modern satellite or map layer. By map series and sheet lists. See also: Guide to symbols – a zoomable trench map legend. Further information:
A map of the northern section of the Western Front, showing the location of some significant battles. As the Allies and Germans carried out this ‘race to the sea’, a major battle erupted at Ypres in Belgium.
Interactive global First World War map. Explore the global impact of the First World War through our online map (now only available via the UK Government Web Archive), which highlights key...
The Western Front Association Mapping Portal provides access to historical maps and aerial photographs of the Great War, including trench maps and topographical maps.
Most WW1 soldiers died on the Western Front, use our animated map to watch what happened at the battles of Ypres, Verdun and the Somme.
This animated map series covers the history of the first World War: The Causes and Majors Events, the Triple Alliance, the Triple Entente, Sarajevo assassination, different battles, the Treaty of Versailles, etc.