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Upper Silesia Plebiscite Area

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02766.003 Author/Creator: Place Written: Upper Silesia Type: Map Date: 17 August 1900 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 29.5 cm, Width: 38.5 cm Order a Copy

Shows area of developed mineral resources, including coal bearing area. Also includes railways and district boundaries. Red line for final British proposal, Blue for French, and Green for League of Nations lines. Written in Upper Silesia, located today mostly in Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic

Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
Global History and US Foreign Policy
World War I
Military History
Government and Civics
Treaty
League of Nations
Diplomacy
Mining
Railroad
Infrastructure
Industry
World War I

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