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Historical books online
:[http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-vn6454756 Volume of 14 Maps] National Library of Australia, with a description in the [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6454756 catalogue entry].
*[https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/RCDIG1069749/ ''Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918'']. The 12 Volumes include France. Australian War Memorial website.
*[https://archive.org/details/americanarmiesba00wash ''American Armies and Battlefields in Europe: a History, Guide, and Reference Book''] prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission 1938 Archive.org. A revision of the 1927 publication [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b744250?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''A Guide to the American Battlefields in Europe''] HathiTrust Digital Library
*French Official Histories: [http://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/fr/arkotheque/inventaires/ead_ir_consult.php?fam=11&ref=FRSHD_AFGG_ead ''Les Armées françaises dans la Grande Guerre''] sga.defense.gouv.fr. French language. Eleven ''Tome''s, some with multiple volumes, mostly about the Western Front. With online maps (Cartes) and at times panoramic sketches (Croquis panoramiques).
*German Official, or semi Official Histories: [http://digi.landesbibliothek.at/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:at:AT-OOeLB-1155545 ''Der Weltkrieg 1914 bis 1918: die militärischen Operationen zu Lande''] 16 Volumes. [http://digi.landesbibliothek.at/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:at:AT-OOeLB-1627302 ''Schlachten des Weltkrieges''] 22 Volumes. German language. Maps (Karten) are often at the back of individual volumes, and there may be photographs, all of which can be located by clicking on the Thumbnail gallery, and then selecting specific pages. The Digital State Library of Upper Austria.
**[https://archive.org/details/captured00doug ''Captured: Sixteen Months as a Prisoner of War''] by Lieut. J Harvey Douglas, 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles. 1918 Archive.org. Later in his captivity the author was transferred to Switzerland,
**[https://archive.org/details/britishinternedi00pico ''The British interned in Switzerland''] by Lieut.-Colonel H P Picot 1919 Archive.org.
**[https://archive.org/details/threeyearsprison00thorrich ''Three Years a Prisoner in Germany''] by Major J C Thorn, a First Canadian Contingent Officer 1919 Archive.org.
**[https://archive.org/details/2864905upenn ''The Wooden City; a Journal for British Prisoners of War'']. Issues 1-15. Published at Göttingen 1915. Archive.org. Includes Lists of POWs at Göttingen.
*:[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022553586.0x000002?bt=europeanaapi#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&z=-916.7904%2C0%2C4102.5809%2C2958 Issue No 16 February 15, 1916] British Library Digital file. The British Library has additional digital files for Issues 17-27 (September 1916). To access, through the [http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?menuitem=0&fromTop=true&fromPreferences=false&fromEshelf=false&vid=BLVU1 Main Catalogue], use the search term BLL01016586686 Then click on "I want this', select the required edition, and click Go. Alternatively, rather than using the Main Catalogue, the digital file for Issue 16, on the right hand side of the page, has an item "View the catalogue record".
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