File:Wacht am Rhein map.svg
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Summary
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. Map data, operation lines, etc. taken from File:P23(map).jpg, a US military source.
Front lines
Front line, 16 December
Front line, 20 December
Front line, 25 December
Altitude and international borders
Under 200m
200–400m
Above 400m
International borders
Abbreviations
- ID: Infantry Division
- ABD: Airborne Division
- AD: Armoured Division
- BR: British
Movements:
Allied movements
German movements
- Armies are denoted in the largest type;
- Corps are denoted in Roman numerals;
- Allied divisions are shown in the smallest type.
- Dashed lines denoted "XXXX" mark divisions between armies.
- Dashed lines denoted "XXXXX" mark divisions between army groups.
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| 15:06, 9 January 2017 | No thumbnail | (0 bytes) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Map of the opening of the salient, the start of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" class="extiw" title="en:Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a> (German: <i>Wacht am Rhein</i>, "Watch on the Rhine"). Map covers 16–25 December 1944. Map data, operation lines, etc. taken from <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P23(map).jpg" title="File:P23(map).jpg">File:P23(map).jpg</a>, a US military source. <p><b>Front lines</b> </p> <div style="direction:ltr;"> <span style="width: 2.8em; display: inline-block; text-align: center;"><span style="width: 2.4em; display: inline-block; text-align: center; border: 1px solid transparent; background-color: white;"><span style="width: 2.4em; display: inline-block; border-top: 2px solid #900085; position: relative; top: .7em;"> </span></span></span> Front line, 16 December</div> <div style="direction:ltr;"> <span style="width: 2.8em; display: inline-block; text-align: center;"><span style="width: 2.4em; display: inline-block; text-align: center; border: 1px solid transparent; background-color: white;"><span style="width: 2.4em; display: inline-block; border-top: 2px dashed #900085; position: relative; top: .7em;"> </span></span></span> Front line, 20 December</div> <div style="direction:ltr;"> <span style="width: 2.8em; display: inline-block; text-align: center;"><span style="width: 2.4em; display: inline-block; text-align: center; border: 1px solid transparent; background-color: white;"><span style="width: 2.4em; display: inline-block; border-top: 2px dotted #900085; position: relative; top: .7em;"> </span></span></span> Front line, 25 December</div> <p><b>Altitude and international borders</b> </p> <div style="direction:ltr;"> <span style="width: 2.8em; display: inline-block; text-align: center;"><span style="width: 2.4em; display: inline-block; text-align: center; border: 1px solid #808080; background-color: #c9e0c4;"> </span></span> Under 200m</div> <div style="direction:ltr;"> <span style="width: 2.8em; display: inline-block; text-align: center;"><span style="width: 2.4em; display: inline-block; text-align: center; border: 1px solid #808080; background-color: #d1d7ab;"> </span></span> 200–400m</div> <div style="direction:ltr;"> <span style="width: 2.8em; display: inline-block; text-align: center;"><span style="width: 2.4em; display: inline-block; text-align: center; border: 1px solid #808080; background-color: #dbd0ab;"> </span></span> Above 400m</div> <div style="direction:ltr;"> <span style="width: 2.8em; display: inline-block; text-align: center;"><span style="width: 2.4em; display: inline-block; text-align: center; border: 1px solid transparent; background-color: white;"><span style="width: 2.4em; display: inline-block; border-top: 2px dashed #000000; position: relative; top: .7em;"> </span></span></span> International borders</div> <p><b>Abbreviations</b> </p> <dl> <dd> <b>ID</b>: Infantry Division</dd> <dd> <b>ABD</b>: Airborne Division</dd> <dd> <b>AD</b>: Armoured Division</dd> <dd> <b>BR</b>: British</dd> </dl> <p><b>Movements</b>: </p> <div style="direction:ltr;"> <span style="width: 2.8em; display: inline-block; text-align: center;"><span style="width: 2.4em; display: inline-block; text-align: center; border: 1px solid transparent; background-color: white;"><span style="width: 2.4em; display: inline-block; border-top: 2px solid #1300cc; position: relative; top: .7em;"> </span></span></span> Allied movements</div> <div style="direction:ltr;"> <span style="width: 2.8em; display: inline-block; text-align: center;"><span style="width: 2.4em; display: inline-block; text-align: center; border: 1px solid transparent; background-color: white;"><span style="width: 2.4em; display: inline-block; border-top: 2px solid #fc0000; position: relative; top: .7em;"> </span></span></span> German movements</div> <ul> <li> <b>Armies</b> are denoted in the largest type;</li> <li> <b>Corps</b> are denoted in Roman numerals;</li> <li> <b>Allied divisions</b> are shown in the smallest type.</li> <li>Dashed lines denoted "XXXX" mark divisions between armies.</li> <li>Dashed lines denoted "XXXXX" mark divisions between army groups.</li> </ul> |
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