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Battlefield Maps - Western Front

The Western Front This section of the website reproduces large-scale maps categorised by battlefront covering the key battles and offensives fought from 1914-18.

Specifically, this page contains maps illustrating the course of the war fought on the Western Front.

The sidebar to the right lists each map category available within the section.  Click here to view an introduction to the map series.

Three versions of each map are available - standard, large and very large.  Generally standard files possess a resolution of 800x600 (approx. 70KB); large files 1600x1200 (approx. 140KB) and very large files 4000x3000 (approx. 550KB).

Map Name Description Standard Large Very Large
German Invasion of Belgium Situation at 20 August 1914 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
Battle of the Frontiers Situation at 22 August 1914 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
Battles of Mons/Sambre Situation at 23 August 1914 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
First Battle of the Marne (1) Situation at 26 August 1914 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
Battles of Le Cateau/Guise Situation at 26 & 29 August 1914 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
First Battle of the Marne (2) Situation at 30 August 1914 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
First Battle of the Marne (3) Situation at 2 September 1914 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
First Battle of the Marne (4) Situation at 5 September 1914 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
First Battle of the Marne (5) Situation at 9 September 1914 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
German Marne Retreat Situation mid-September 1914 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
Stabilised Front 1915-16 Overview of lines in 1915-16 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
Battle of Verdun Overview of battle, Feb-Dec 1916 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
Battle of the Somme Overview of battle, Jul-Nov 1916 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
Plan for Second Battle of the Aisne Preparations for April 1917 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
Second Battle of the Aisne Situation on 16 April 1917 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
Battles of Arras/Messines Situation on 9 April/14 June 1917 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
Battles of Ypres/Cambrai Situation in Nov-Dec 1917 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
First Three German Drives Operations from Mar-Jun 1918 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
Somme/Lys Operations 1918 Operations from Mar-Apr 1918 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
Third Battle of the Aisne Situation on 4 June 1918 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
Fourth/Fifth German Drives Operations from Jun-Jul 1918 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
Second Battle of the Marne Situation on 6 August 1918 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
Reduction of Amiens Salient Operation from Aug-Sep 1918 View Window View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
St. Mihiel Offensive Situation on 16 September 1918 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
Meuse-Argonne Offensive Operations from Sep-Nov 1918 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window
Final Allied Offensive Operations from Sep-Nov 1918 View Map View Map in New Window  View Map in New Window

Click here to view a collection of maps produced within various publications while the war was still underway.

Saturday, 22 August, 2009 Michael Duffy

A 'corkscrew' was a metal post for supporting a wire entanglement, with a twisted base enabling it to be screwed into the ground, removing the need for a hammer, the use of which could attract enemy fire.

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