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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:
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Maps of the Western Front in the Great War depicting British...
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Chasseaud, Peter, Artillery's astrologers : a history of...
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1:20,000 trench map showing British (blue) and German (red) trenches just east of Arras, revised to 4 March 1917. Trench maps are a primary source for studying the major battlefields of the Great War.
How to read a British trench map. Map references crop up all the time in unit war diaries. If you are trying to work out the precise location of a unit during the war then you need to be able to understand how the reference system worked.
Choose the map with the nearest available date. Look for the words ‘trenches corrected to’ in the catalogue entry. If you want a map that shows both British and German trenches, look for a...
Revision notes on The Trench System at the Western Front for the Edexcel GCSE History syllabus, written by the History experts at Save My Exams.
On the battlefield, cartographers were churning out maps of the trenches almost daily. At home, maps were being used to rally the home front in Europe and to try to convince the United States to join the Entente powers. Immediately after the war, maps were used to help decide how to redefine Europe.”
These are some of the many letters sent by staff of the Great Western Railway Audit office at Paddington who had enlisted to fight in the First World War. Here you will find all the letters and...
