Chaumont GHQ Battle Map
date: label: associated date
content: 1918
name: label: user
content: Pershing, John J.
label: user
content: American Expeditionary Force
notes: label: Description
content: Battle map used by General John J. Pershing, Commander of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF), in his office at General Headquarters (GHQ) in Chaumont, France, during World War I. Paper map mounted on wooden board. Colored metal pins and paper squares map the locations of the Allied and Central armies and battle lines along the Western Front. Per the legend at center left of the map, round red pins indicate battle lines, round white pins indicate army group boundaries, and round pink pins indicate army boundaries. Blue and white paper stars indicate the location of French or British armies, red paper stars indicate American armies, black and white paper stars indicate Belgian armies, and black paper stars indicate the location of German armies. Paper labels across the map indicate the location of major military leaders and the divisions under their command. A table at the upper right of the map indicates the status of the divisions of the U.S. army, including whether they are in line or in reserve, whether they are fresh or tired, and their total number. A table at the center right of the map notes which enemy divisions have been dissolved and the date of their dissolution. At the center left of the map, near the map legend, the city of Paris is highlighted in pink.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: depicted
content: Europe
label: used
content: France: Grand Est, Chaumont
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Pershing War Office
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content: Military
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Estate of General John J. Pershing
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.35106
label: accession number
content: 182935
label: catalog number
content: 35106
objectType: label: Object Name
content: map
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (part: pins material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall: map material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall: backing material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 111 1/2 in x 122 in; 283.21 cm x 309.88 cm