TimelineMapsSearch QuotationsSearch Images

Follow us through the World War I centennial and beyond at Follow wwitoday on Twitter

Map Library

A portrait of German General Paul von Hindenburg superimposed on a map of his victories in East Prussia and conquests in Russia. In Prussia (in pink) the Russians took Gumbinnen and Insterburg before being defeated at Allenstein (in the Battle of Tannenburg), and in the First Battle of the Masurian Lakes in the first two months of war in 1914. Before the year had ended, German troops advanced well into Polish Russia before being driven back. In 1915 von Hindenburg was victorious, taking the fortresses and cities of Ivangarod, Grodno, and Warsaw, in his Gorlice-Tarnow offensive. Tarnow in Galicia is at the bottom of the map, Austria-Hungary being show in yellow. Text: Sieges-Sonne im Osten Sun of Victory in the East v. Hindenburg

A portrait of German General Paul von Hindenburg superimposed on a map of his victories in East Prussia and conquests in Russia. In Prussia (in pink) the Russians took Gumbinnen and Insterburg before being defeated at Allenstein (in the Battle of Tannenburg), and in the First Battle of the Masurian Lakes in the first two months of war in 1914. Before the year had ended, German troops advanced well into Polish Russia before being driven back. In 1915 von Hindenburg was victorious, taking the fortresses and cities of Ivangarod, Grodno, and Warsaw, in his Gorlice-Tarnow offensive. Tarnow in Galicia is at the bottom of the map, Austria-Hungary being show in yellow.

Image text

Sieges-Sonne im Osten



Sun of Victory in the East



v. Hindenburg

Other views: Front, Larger, Back

Using the Map Library

Open the folder of Available Maps, below, to see the list of maps. Open the folder for an individual map to see the available views of the map including different resolutions, details, insets, etc.

Open an individual view in a different tab or window to keep the Available Map folder expanded. Open a map directly in the Map Library page to see the back of the map, if available.

Sources

The maps are from period publications, maps, magazines, books, and, many of them, postcards. Some are hand drawn.