Germany map ww1. In this series ill explore what changes when the war that influenced it all changed itself. The germanies and west berlin reunified in 1990. Published in germany circa 1939 40. Germany before world war i was imperialistic militaristic and autocratic a nation struggling to assert its place in the world.
Aged 20 ernst joined up to the army in 1906 and stayed until his unit was dispanded after the war in 1918. Also included is part of an atlas circa ww1 or 1920s with various great war references. This map shows the boundaries and major cities of the german empire at the time it entered the first world war in august 1914. The map elements a miller projection which reduces distortion of land masses as they near the poles.
The allies occupied germany but the western allies and soviet union formed separate governments covering specific parts of germany west germany as well as west berlin and east germany. Share this item share on pinterest share on facebook share on twitter. For sale is a rare ww1 german military pass belonging to ernst friedrich august born 1886. Germany is the first port of call in any study of the origins of world war i.
The line of battlefields ran through a wide variety of landscapes from its northern end in the dunes of the west flanders belgian coast to the frontier crossing at the village of pfetterhouse on the. Deutsches kaiserreich officially deutsches reich also known as imperial germany was the german nation state that existed from the unification of germany in 1871 until the abdication of kaiser wilhelm ii in 1918. A map of the constituent kingdoms and duchies of germany from 1871. Our western border with westwall and maginot line.
Location of the 1914 1918 battlefields of the western front. The great war changed everything. Map elements rich 3d shaded blue oceans to give a enjoy the and present world map style. Our map illustrates the battlefield sectors of the 1914 1918 western front.