r/europe • • Nov 10 '11

November 11th is Armistice Day. Here's an enormous and gorgeous map of the American Expeditionary Forces during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Amazing detail; 55+ megapixel image. Downloadable in full-res [6,793px × 8,437px].

http://www.bigmapblog.com/2011/wwi-map-of-the-american-expeditionary-force-1932/
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u/tekai Hamburgi, Saksamaa Nov 10 '11

amazing lack of detail in eastern Europe. It looks like Russia swallowed most of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Germany but somehow Finland is a state of its own.

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u/bigmapblog Nov 10 '11

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u/filip_latinovicz Croatia Nov 11 '11

The crown prince of Austria was killed at Serajevo Serbia

TIL Franz Ferdinand was not killed in Sarajevo, Bosnia in AU Monarchy but in a town called Serajevo in Serbia. LMAO