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Original upload log

This image is a derivative work of the following images:

• File:Ww2 allied axis.gif licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0-migrated, GFDL
  • 2010-04-07T22:14:13Z Hohum 1357x628 (106307 Bytes) Reverted to version as of 20:16, 25 November 2009 - problem is the wiki - not the image
  • 2010-04-07T22:13:37Z Hohum 1357x628 (594030 Bytes) Reverted to version as of 17:47, 8 May 2009 - attempt to fix thumbnail
  • 2009-11-25T20:16:27Z Bruce89 1357x628 (106307 Bytes) Optimised, some of it could be trimmed further
  • 2009-05-08T17:47:59Z Rülpsmann 1357x628 (594030 Bytes) Reverted to version as of 08:29, 4 December 2006
  • 2009-05-08T17:37:53Z Rülpsmann 1357x628 (594030 Bytes) less confusing, easier to understand if you think
  • 2007-09-23T21:28:58Z Parhamr 1357x725 (272876 Bytes) this visual timeline communicates not only the dates but has some "visual context" of the time passed
  • 2006-12-30T07:54:11Z Nxx 1357x628 (415308 Bytes) Reverted to earlier revision
  • 2006-12-04T08:29:07Z Roke 1357x628 (594030 Bytes) use orange/green colours of original map
  • 2006-05-19T04:36:35Z Roke 1357x628 (415308 Bytes) try version with sep 45 map, may not work as had problems
  • 2006-05-18T20:04:37Z Roke 1357x628 (394879 Bytes) minor fix of some white lines in one frame
  • 2006-05-18T19:38:30Z Roke 1357x628 (394934 Bytes) Western allies (blue), Soviet & allies (red) and Axis including Vichy French (black) during the [[w:Second World War|Second World War]]. Based on GNU image [[:Image:WWII.png]] [[Category:WWII maps (World)]] {{GFDL-self}}

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