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Detail of a German postcard map of the Western Front, showing the northwestern end of the line and the Channel coast. German forces occupied Ostend, Belgian and Allied forces Nieuport. The Belgian Government was based in Furnes (Veurne).
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Westl. Kriegsschauplatzes
3. Dover-Calais-Paris
Festungen, Forts, Eisenbahn

Western Front
3. Dover-Calais-Paris
Fortresses, Forts, Railroads

Detail of a German postcard map of the Western Front, showing the northwestern end of the line and the Channel coast. German forces occupied Ostend, Belgian and Allied forces Nieuport. The Belgian Government was based in Furnes (Veurne).

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Westl. Kriegsschauplatzes

3. Dover-Calais-Paris

Festungen, Forts, Eisenbahn



Western Front

3. Dover-Calais-Paris

Fortresses, Forts, Railroads

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