I’m working on a few ideas for Google Maps as visual reference resources to make some of the ‘core information’ on the French Army in the First World War easily accessible.
The first one (and it will remain a work in progress) is for ‘Plan XVII’ – the French mobilisation plans implemented after war was declared at the beginning of August 1914.
The map is embedded and immediately available ‘on click’. It opens in a new tab:
Google maps are fun to make and great ways of presenting information visually. I was pleased to be able to load my own icons but still used Google’s own (ahem) ‘Private Club’ XXX symbol to represent the ‘home’ locations of the Corps d’Armée.
Debout les Morts! 