Geography and Chronology of the World War
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ICELAND, NEUTRAL
BATTLE OF JUTLAND, MA 1' 31, 1916.
GERMANY DECLARED AUG. 1, 1914. DEFEATED, SIGNED ARMISTICE NOV. 11, 1918.
DENMARK, NEUTRAL. GREAT BRITAIN DECLARED 11-.4R, AUG. 4, 1914.
ARCHANGEL (XVI -PI ED 10' A LLIEs. A UG. 4. 1918.\.
FINLAND SECEDES. i ARCHANGEL cf_Splow kr SsIA, MARC!!, 1918.
PETROGRAD
B R I
NORTH SEA
ATLANTIC OCEAN
HOLLAND, NEUTRAL.
UKRAINE SECEDES FROM RUSSIA, FEB., 1918. GERMANY
Moscow
LUXEMBURG. NEUTRAL.
PARIS
FRANCE
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY DECLARED WAR JULY 28, 1914. DEFEATED, SIGNED ARMISTICE, NOV. 4, 1918. ITALY DECLARED WAR MAY 24, 1915.
SWITZERLAND, NEUTRAL. IRUMANIA DECLARED WAR AUG. 27, 1916. PORTUGAL ENTERED WAR MAY 19, 1915.
VIENNA AUSTRIA I HUNGARY '
RUSSIA DECLARED WAR, AUG. 7, 1914. SIGNED BREST-LITOVSK TREA 7 MARC 3, 1918.
CZECHO-SLO VAKIA RECOGNIZED SEPT. 2, 1918.
JUGOSLAVIA DECLARED INDEPENDENcE, OCT. 26, 1918 1 /
TURKEY, CONQUERED, SIGNED ARMISTICE, Al RA L OCT. 31, 1918. SEA * am p I al . g
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BULGARIA DECLARED WAR OCT. 14, 1915. DEFEATED, SIGNED ARMISTICE . SEPT. 29, 1918.
SERBIA ENTERED WAR JULY 28, 1914. MONTENEGRO DECLARED WAR AUG. 9, 1914. GREECE ENTERED WAR NO F. 28, 1916.
ALGERIA
DARDANELLES CAMP.4IGN, IIARCH 1915, JAN. 20, 1916. lP 1-NT.)R oeaoliaiLii. EGYPT (-) (EGYPT BECOMES BRITISH 1 PROVINCE, 1914.
MCA-SP/AN *" SEA MESOPOTAMIA CAP7'I, RED .7 .../ "...... ,-. BY BRITISH, 1918.1 . ....' 1/4s, ;
PERSIA AFGHANISTAN \ 741117.T:5i Ti!I .N/ 0 . ,--- ... 1, . - /- )..__. . , )B.tiH AN E( c.TRi5ATL.
ARABIA. PALESTINE, CONQUEST COMPLETED, OCT. 26, 1918.
FRENCH NORTH AFRICA SUPPLIED LARGE FORCES TO THE FRENCH ARM Y. F..REIN CH
WEST AFRICA
PORT. GUINEA
SIERRA LEONE
LIBERIA
LIBERIA DECLARED WAR, AUG. 4, 1917.
TOGOLAND CAPTURED, AUG. 26, 1914.1 --I
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ARABIAN SEA
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ICAMEROONS SUBDUED, FEB. 1916.
GERMAN EAST AFRICA ALMOST COMPLETELY OCCUPIED BY BRITISH, 1918.
GERMANSouTir WEST AFRICA RMAN I 4 5-w. r AFRICA'
C'AfT('RE/), JUL Y 9, 1915.
GERMAN AFRICAN COLONIES CAPTURED BY ALLIES, 931,460 SQUARE MILES.
UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA
Europe, Africa and the Near East.
TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE WEEKS OF WAR SWEEPING OVER THE WORLD HAVE WROUGHT MOMENTOUS CHANGES IN THE MAP OF EUROPE, AFRICA, AND THE NEAR EAST.
NATIONAL BOUNDARIES WILL IN MANY CASES BE OBLITERATED, MODIFIED OR WHOLLY RECAST.
GERMANY'S VAST COLONIAL POSSESSIONS ARE NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE ALLIES.
PALESTINE AND MESOPOTAMIA HAVE BEEN EMANCIPATED FROM OTTOMAN RULE.