File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg

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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.
Date	14 February 2012, 06:09 (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
SVG development InfoField	The source code of this SVG is invalid due to 12 errors. This W3C-invalid map was created with Inkscape, or with something else. This map uses embedded text that can be easily translated using a text editor.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
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