World War, 1914-1918

An American map titled "The Meuse-Argonne Offensive of the American First Army, September 26-November 11, 1918." The map details the movement of front lines, the boundaries held by American and French forces, and the location of American and French divisions. Also noted is the Hindenburg Line, transportation routes, fortifications, ruins, churches, the location of an American cemetery near Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, and an American memorial near Montfaucon. There is a pencil annotation near Fort de Tavannes, west of Eix and northeast of Verdun.

A map titled "35th Division, Grange-le-Comte Sector, September 21-25, 1918, Meuse-Argonne Offensive, September 26-October 3, 1918." The map is annotated to show the front lines held by the 35th Division, front lines held by flank divisions, gaps in the front lines, and division boundaries. An inset map shows the location of American and French divisions.

An American map titled "For Reference and to Preserve Memories of Days Spent in this Area." The map shows battle lines, boundaries, headquarters, and division positions of the American, French, and German armies. Legends on the map detail the length of front held by the French, British, Belgian, and American armies at the time of the Armistice and the commanders of the American armies and divisions involved. Donated by Clifford Hitterdal.

A map describing the effort of the Missouri General Assembly to honor Missouri veterans of World War I by beautifying portions of the National Old Trails Road. Lamar, Missouri is circled in blue.

A map titled "Buzancy Special." Highlighted in green are forests and woods in Northeast France.

A hand-drawn map titled "Visibility Map: Battalion O.P.-B." The map is presumably of a battalion observation post overlooking Varennes during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.

An American map titled "The Literary Digest Liberty Map of the Western Front of the Great World War." The map shows steam railways, highways, mineral roads, tramways, electric railways, rivers, canals, fortified cities, forts, woods, international boundaries, subdivision boundaries, and other details. This map also identifies the areas occupied by the Entente and Teutonic Allies, lines of farthest German and French advance, the battle line before the German Spring Offensive, and the battle line as of May 1, 1918.

A map titled "The Western Theatre of the European War." The map shows railroads, roads, rivers, canals, fortresses, altitudes, woods, forests, international boundaries, and other details. Red and blue lines represent the movement of the front. The solid red line shows the extreme limit of the German invasion in 1914. The dashed blue line shows the line of German retreat following the Allied victory at the first Battle of the Marne. The solid blue line shows the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line following campaigns in Flanders, Artois, Picardy, etc.

A French map that shows the area surrounding St. Mihiel and the Meuse River.

A French map titled "Carte-Campbell, No. 7ter, Front, 'Vosges-Alsace.'" The map is overprinted to show the front lines as of August 22, 1918. A red pencil line indicates Allied movement from Girancourt through Hadol, Oderen, Kruth, la Bresse, Bayon, and Nancy to Pompey. Many other locations are circled and underlined near and between the red line.