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Historical books online
* Also see '''[[Mesopotamia Campaign#Historical books online|Mesopotamia Campaign]]'''; '''[[Egypt, Palestine, Syria (First World War)#Historical books online|Egypt, Palestine, Syria (First World War)]]'''; '''[[East Africa (First World War)#Historical books online|East Africa (First World War)]]'''; '''[[Gallipoli]]'''; '''[[Norperforce]]'''; '''[[Salonica and the Balkans (First World War)]]''' and '''[[Western Front]]''' for online books about those campaigns.
*''History of the Great War Based on Official Documents: Military Operations''. See the various '''Fronts''' mentioned above.
*[http://www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/WWI.html#tab_1 US Army Centre of Military History online books] ''Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War'' (5 Volumes) and ''United States Army In The World War'' (17 Volumes). Links to Pdf downloads.*[https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/RCDIG1069749/ ''Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918'']. 12 Volumes include Gallipoli, France, Sinai and Palestine. Australian War Memorial.*[http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/subject-000003.html New Zealand World War I History]. Links to transcribed histories from New Zealand Electronic Text Collection, Victoria University of Wellington Library.*'''Medical Services'''
:''History of the Great War Based on Official Documents: Medical Services; General History'' by G W Macpherson [http://archive.org/stream/medicalservicesg01macpuoft#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 1], [http://archive.org/stream/medicalservicesg02macp#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 2], [http://archive.org/stream/medicalservicesg03macp#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 3] includes Egypt and Palestine, [http://archive.org/stream/medicalservicesg04macp#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 4] includes Mesopotamia, Gallipoli, Salonika, East Africa. Published 1921-1924. Archive.org
:Other books in this series: ''Medical Services: Diseases of the War'' [https://archive.org/details/medicalservicesd01macpuoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/medicalservicesd02macp Volume II]; ''Medical Services: Surgery of the War'' [https://archive.org/details/medicalservicess01macpuoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/medicalservicess02macpiala Volume II]; [https://archive.org/details/191418medicalserv00macpuoft Medical Services: Pathology] 1922-1923 Archive.org
:[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015007039616;view=1up;seq=11 ''Eyewitness. Being Personal Reminiscences of Certain Phases of the Great War, Including the Genesis of the Tank''] by Major-General Sir Ernest D Swinton, R E (Retired) 1933 Hathi Trust Digital Library
:There are additional online Tank books linked on the page [[Western Front]].
*[https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/RCDIG1069749/ ''Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918'']. 12 Volumes include Gallipoli, France, Sinai and Palestine. Australian War Memorial.
*[http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/subject-000003.html New Zealand World War I History]. Links to transcribed histories from New Zealand Electronic Text Collection, Victoria University of Wellington Library.
*''The Empire at War'' edited for the Royal Colonial Institute by Sir Charles Lucas, in five volumes, with a [http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1003532 catalogue contents description]. ([http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022549242.0x000002 Volume 1] British Library Digital file; Volume 4 Africa Google Books North America region only, [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=DicFAAAAIAAJ A] and [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=NdBmAAAAMAAJ B]). Volume 5, 1926, covers WW1 The Mediterranean colonies ; Egypt and Palestine ; Aden ; India ; Ceylon ; Malaya ; China. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022554216.0x000002#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=3&z=-47.2741%2C0%2C3640.5482%2C2639 Volume 5], British Library Digital file, [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022554216.0x000002#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=7&z=-47.2741%2C0%2C3640.5482%2C2639 Contents] Also available as a pdf download from the Digital Library of India [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/284274 Vol-vth], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284274 Archive.org version].
**[https://archive.org/stream/empireatwar035445mbp#page/n3/mode/2up ''The Empire at War Volume V Part IV: India''] by Sir Francis Younghusband Edited for the Royal Colonial Institute by Sir Charles Lucas 1926 [https://archive.org/stream/empireatwar035445mbp#page/n7/mode/2up Contents] Archive.org
:These volumes appear to have most, but not all, of the content of the (weekly?) periodical [https://web.archive.org/web/20121004223948/http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/NewsMedia/WarIllustrated.htm ''The War Illustrated''] (greatwardifferent.com, archived) which in turn was republished in at least nine volumes, which however do not appear to be available online.
*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.e0000002139?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''The Great War. The Standard History of the All-Europe conflict'': Volume 9] Edited by H. W. Wilson and J A Hammerton 1917. “Profusely illustrated” . Hathi Trust Digital Library. A series of 10 volumes, most of which are available on [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/101690197 Hathi Trust Digital Library], restricted to North America etc readers.
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Harper%27s+Pictorial+Library+Of+The+World+War%29&sort=-publicdate ''Harper's Pictorial Library Of The World War''] 1920 Archive.org. Links to 12 volumes. The 12 titles are listed on the [https://archive.org/details/HarpersPictorialLibraryOfTheWorldWarV1 Volume 1] file.
*''The Story of the Great War''. Published by Collier and Son, New York in sixteen volumes. [https://archive.org/details/storyofgreatwarc02reyniala Scroll down to Contents outline]. There is an associated eight volume series, (perhaps condensed to 80%, with fewer illustrations) with some editions titled ''The Story of the Great War. History of the European War from Official Sources. Complete Historical Record of Events to date''. Edited by Francis J Reynolds and Allen L Churchill , published c 1916-1920.
:Sixteen volume series, mostly Archive.org: [https://archive.org/details/storyofgreatwarc01fran Vol. 1]; [https://archive.org/details/storyofgreatwarc02fran Vol. 2]; [https://archive.org/details/storyofgreatwarc03fran Vol. 3]; [https://archive.org/details/storyofgreatwarc04reyniala Vol. 4] (includes The Dardanelles); [https://archive.org/details/storyofgreatwarc05fran Vol. 5]; [https://archive.org/details/storyofgreatwarc06reyniala Vol. 6]; [https://archive.org/details/storyofgreatwarc07fran Vol. 7]; [https://archive.org/details/storyofgreatwarc08fran Vol. 8]; [https://archive.org/details/storyofgreatwarc09fran Vol. 9] (includes Mesopotamia, East Africa); [https://archive.org/details/storyofgreatwarc10fran Vol. 10]; [https://archive.org/details/storyofgreatwarc11fran Vol. 11]; [https://archive.org/details/storyofgreatwarc12fran Vol. 12]; [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007684860 Vol. 13, (includes Palestine); 14; 16] Hathi Trust Digital Library
**[https://archive.org/details/cu31924027868839 ''The Prisoners of War Information Bureau in London: a Study''] by Ronald F. Roxburgh 1915 Archive.org.
**[https://archive.org/details/texts?and%5B%5D=Prisoners+of+War&and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22World+War%2C+1914-1918%22&sort=&page=1 Books on Prisoners of War from Archive.org]. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Prisoners+of+War%29&sort=-publicdate Alternative link for Prisoners of War titled books on Archive.org]. Select your own filters.
*[https://archive.org/details/celebratedspiesf00bart ''Celebrated Spies and Famous Mysteries of the Great War''] by George Barton 1919 Archive.org
*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015008844493?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''German spies at bay, being an actual record of the German espionage in Great Britain during the years 1914-1918, comp. from official sources''] by Sidney Theodore Felstead.[1920] HathiTrust Digital Library.
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100000058387.0x000002 ''The Military Service Act : fully and clearly explained''] by Philip Snowden. 1916? British Library Digital file.
*[https://archive.org/details/thewarpensionsallow00hoggrich ''War Pensions and Allowances''] by J. M. Hogge and T. H. Garside 1918 Archive.org
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