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DescriptionWacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg |
English: Map of the opening of the salient, the start of the Battle of the Bulge (German: Wacht am Rhein, "Watch on the Rhine"). Map covers 16 – 25 December 1944. Main source for map is File:P23(map).jpg, taken from http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/ardennes/aral.htm The frontlines in the Monschau-Malmedy-Pruem area have been adjusted as shown in, for example, http://www.defense.gov/home/Specials/bulge/images/indexb_10a.jpg and File:Battle of the Bulge 6th.jpg.
Français : Carte montrant le déplacement de troupes du 16 au 25 décembre 1944 lors de la bataille des Ardennes.
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Date | (UTC) |
Source | Map data, operation lines, etc. taken from File:P23(map).jpg, a US military source. Also incorporate elements from File:France blank.svg (User:Sting), File:Maps template-history patch-en.svg (Sting and User:Yug), File:P23(map).jpg (US Military), and File:Wacht am Rhein map.svg (User:Grandiose) |
Author | User:Matthewedwards |
Other versions | Derivative works of this file: Wacht am Rein Map HE.svg |
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current | 02:55, 7 March 2012 | 557 × 900 (217 KB) | Matthewedwards | better | |
02:46, 7 March 2012 | 557 × 900 (210 KB) | Matthewedwards | Fixed line spacing on "NINTH ARMY", "FIRST ARMY", "FIFTEENTH ARMY", etc | ||
23:25, 6 March 2012 | 557 × 900 (216 KB) | Grandiose | Remove stroke on lettering. | ||
01:51, 6 March 2012 | 557 × 900 (217 KB) | Matthewedwards | Smoothed arrows, adjusted colour of Allied arrows | ||
12:20, 4 March 2012 | 557 × 900 (216 KB) | Grandiose | Adjust key to new/oldest arrow style. | ||
12:13, 4 March 2012 | 557 × 900 (216 KB) | Grandiose | Tweak frontlines in the Monschau-Malmedy-Prum area, demonstrating a German advance, per, for example, http://www.defense.gov/home/Specials/bulge/images/indexb_10a.jpg. | ||
06:09, 14 February 2012 | 557 × 900 (215 KB) | Matthewedwards |
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