Animated map of US expansion 1790 – 1861 courtesy of The Map as History. Click on map to start animation.

Armchair General has partnered with The Map as History, a company that produces outstanding animated maps with accompanying narration. Each …

Animated map of Ancient Greece, courtesy of The Map as History. Click on map to start animation.

Armchair General has partnered with The Map as History, a company that produces outstanding animated maps with accompanying narration. Each month, a link …

An animated map showing a history of developments in the Mideast prior to the outbreak of World War I, with links to accompanying articles.

Animated map of the voyage of Ferdinand de Magellan and his crew, 1519 – 1522, with link to an article reportedly written by a member of that voyage.

An animated map of the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II that pitted Anglo-American convoys against German U-boat wolfpacks.

An animated map of Japanese and Allied military operations in Asia and the Pacific, 1944–1945, with links to associated online articles.

Animated map of the D-Day invasions and the Allies’ advance through Normandy and liberation of Paris, June 6 – August 25, 1944, with links to associated articles.

The turning point of World War II, operations from autumn 1942 through the end of 1943, are shown on an animated map, with links to related online articles.

Animated map of Ancient Greece with links to online articles, from early settlement through the growth of its colonies and trading posts, the conquests of Alexander the Great and, eventually, Greece’s absorption into the Roman Empire.

An animated map of the Battle of Britain, 1940–41, with links to associated online articles and newsreel footage.

An animated map showing military campaigns during World War II in Europe and North Africa in 1939, 1940 and the spring of 1941, with links to associated articles.

Provides links to an animated map of the trails used by settlers traveling to the open lands of the American West before railroads were built, along with links to related online historical articles.

At the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the victors met at the Congress of Vienna to redraw Europe’s national boundaries, but the decisions made there led to much unrest.

Links to an animated map of military operations in the Pacific, 1944–1945, and accompanying articles.

An animated map showing how a series of treaties redrew the map of Europe after World War I, with links to articles about the League of Nations, the 1920 Polish-Soviet War, and World War I in the colonies.

Link to an animated map showing the locations of British colonies 1820–1939 and to online articles about the colonial period.