battlefield maps
Tactical position charts
Battlefield maps are detailed representations of terrain where military engagements occur or occurred, showing features relevant to combat: elevations, defensive positions, troop movements, supply lines.
They range from tactical maps used by commanders during operations to historical maps illustrating famous battles: The battlefield map showed Confederate positions at Gettysburg.
The term extends to strategy games where players study maps of combat zones.
- Fort SumterSouth Carolina coastal fortification
- AppomattoxWar-ending Virginia town
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
- PennsylvaniaNortheastern founding colony state
navigation charts · elevation profiles · attack vectors · kill zone · no man's land · fog of war · military communication · battle simulations · field headquarters · supply routes · terrain analysis · high ground · strategic positions · chart · river · line · compass · artillery
- WWII Mapsfront lines, invasion routes, naval charts, Eastern Front, troop movements
- military cartographymap reading, map symbols, grid reference, terrain analysis, grid system
- WWItrenches, no man's land, no mans land, trench warfare, armistice
- French mapscity plans, topography, hydrography
- historical mapsatlas, atlases, historical atlas, maritime charts, compass roses
- WWI Recordsdraft cards, service records, battle reports, casualty lists, discharge papers