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*:[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*:*[https://www.abmc.gov American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)] website. Includes "Search ABMC Burials and Memorials".
→Historical books online
*''From the Australian Front''. 1917. Reproductions of official photographs, and cartoons and sketches by members of the A. I. F [Australian Imperial Force] [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/47737/47737-h/47737-h.htm Gutenberg.org version], [https://archive.org/details/fromaustralianfr00lond Archive.org version]
*[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.
*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/historyofsouthaf00buchrich ''The History of the South African Forces in France''] by John Buchan 1920 Archive.org
*''The British Campaign in France and Flanders'' by Arthur Conan Doyle [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaigni01doyl ''1914 Volume I''] 2nd Edition 1916; [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaigni02doyluoft ''1915 Volume II''] 2nd Edition 1917; [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaign03doyl ''1916 Volume III''] 1918; [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaigni04doyluoft ''1917 Volume IV''] 1919; [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaign00doyluoft ''January to July 1918 Volume V''] 1919; [https://archive.org/details/cihm_76792 ''July to November 1918 Volume VI''] 1920. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207441 ''The Silent Cities: an illustrated guide to the war cemeteries and memorials to the 'Missing' in France and Flanders: 1914-1918''] by Sidney C. Hurst 1929. Photographs are dark, without detail. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
*'''Medical Services'''
**''History of the Great War Based on Official Documents: Medical Services'', and other books regarding Medical Services. See [[First World War#Historical books online 2|First World War-Historical books online]].
*[https://archive.org/details/nothingofimporta01adam ''"Nothing of Importance": Eight Months at the Front with a Welsh Battalion''] by Bernard Adams 1918 Archive.org. Elsewhere, the regiment is stated to be the 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.<ref>[http://www.naval-military-press.com/nothing-of-importance.-a-record-of-eight-months-at-the-front-with-a-welsh-battalion-october-1915-to-june-1916.html Naval & Military Press]</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/ladiesfromhel00pink ''"Ladies from Hell"''] by R Douglas Pinkerton 1918. The author was a member of the London Scottish.
*[https://archive.org/details/diaryofdeadoffic00westrich ''The Diary of a Dead Officer, being the posthumous papers of Arthur Graeme West''], c 1918. Archive.org Includes Part V Poems. [https://archive.org/details/diary_dead_officer_rg_librivox Librivox audio version]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Graeme_West Arthur Graeme West] Wikipedia. He joined as a private; in August 1916 he became a second lieutenant in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
*[http://digital.wlb-stuttgart.de/sammlungen/sammlungsliste/werksansicht/?no_cache=1&tx_dlf%5Bid%5D=345&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=1 ''Glimpses of the Great War: Letters of a Subaltern from Three Fronts''] Edited by his wife. 1919. The letters of George Herbert Whyte [London Irish Rifles]. He joined a volunteer hospital unit in France, in 1914, and became a Second Lieutenant in the London Irish Rifles in 1916. He was in France, Macedonia and Malta, Egypt and Palestine, where he died. He was a well known Theosophist. Digital Collection, Württembergischen Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart, with the library website in German. Read online or download, the latter is "Ganzes Werk herunterladen".
*[https://archive.org/details/handfulofausseys00thor ''A Handful of Ausseys''] by C. Hampton Thorp, AIF 1919 Archive.org. Part of the series ''On Active Service''. The latter part of the book is about the Western Front.
*[https://archive.org/details/combedout00voiguoft ''Combed Out''] by F A Voigt 1920 Archive.org. The author subsequently became an influential journalist. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Augustus_Voigt Frederick Augustus Voigt] Wikipedia.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89100103993?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''The Confessions of a Private''] by Frank Grey, late 8th Royal Berkshire Regiment. 1920. Hathi Trust Digital Library.
*[httphttps://archive.org/details/towardflamewardi00herv ''Toward the Flame: a War Diary''] by Hervey Allen 1934, first published 1926 Archive.org*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1nyp.$b4251133433081555660?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 9 ''Adventures on the Western FrontWine, August, 1914-June, 1915Women and War: a Diary of Disillusionment''] by A Rawlinson 1925 Anonymous. 10th edition 1927, first published 1926. Hathi Trust Digital Library. [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015010945122?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 2nd Hathi Trust file]. The author, then aged 47, volunteered is catalogued as a driverHoward Vincent O'Brien, who provided his own car, for service at the Front. He was one of a group of 25 volunteers, organised by the American Royal Automobile Club (R A C)novelist and journalist. For a book about later military related service by this author, see [[Norperforce]].*[https://archiveen.wikipedia.org/detailswiki/towardflamewardi00herv ''Toward the Flame : a War Diary'Howard_Vincent_O%27Brien Howard Vincent O'Brien] Wikipedia. Appointed 1st Lieutenant Field Artillery, [US Army] by Hervey Allen 1934November 1917, first published 1926 Archiveand later became a Liaison Officer.org
*[https://archive.org/details/undertonesofwar00edmu ''Undertones of War''] by Edmund Blunden 1929 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/gunsofaugust00tuch_gaq ''The Guns of August''] by Barbara Tuchman 1988. Archive.org Lending Library. First you must register. Only one person at a time is able to read the book, as in a 'real' library, so you may need to go on a waiting list.
*Prisoners of War
*:[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".
**Also see [[First World War#Historical books online|First World War - Historical books online]] for more online books about Prisoners of War.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b42511?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Adventures on the Western Front, August, 1914-June, 1915''] by A Rawlinson 1925 Hathi Trust Digital Library. The author, then aged 47, volunteered as a driver, who provided his own car, for service at the Front. He was one of a group of 25 volunteers, organised by the Royal Automobile Club (R A C). For a book about later military related service by this author, see [[Norperforce]].
*''The First World War, 1914-1918: Personal Experiences of Lieut.-Col. C. à Court Repington'' 1920. [An autobiography]. [https://archive.org/details/firstworldwar01repi Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/firstworldwar19100repi Volume II] Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_à_Court_Repington Charles à Court Repington] 1858-1925. Wikipedia. He was a former British Army Officer who was military correspondent for ''The Times'' 1904–1918, who had many influential contacts with officers in the Army's highest ranks.
*[https://archive.org/details/roadsideglimpses01swee ''Roadside Glimpses of the Great War''] by Arthur Sweetser 1916 Archive.org. Hw was an American journalist who was in France from the early days of the war.
*[https://archive.org/details/reporteratarmage00irwirich ''A Reporter at Armageddon: Letters from the Front and Behind the Lines of the Great War''] by Will Irwin. 1918. The author was an American journalist. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Irwin The author's Wikipedia page].
*[https://archive.org/details/warpicturesbehin00malc ''War Pictures Behind the Lines''] by Ian Malcolm M P. 2nd edition, 1915. Archive.org. The author was involved in Red Cross work.
**[https://archive.org/details/cu31924027835317 ''Histories of two hundred and fifty-one divisions of the German Army which participated in the war (1914-1918)''] Compiled from records of Intelligence Section of the General Staff, American Expeditionary Forces at General Headquarters, Chaumont France 1919. Published 1920 Archive.org.
**[https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/3NG25HN72MPUGPHOB7GZHRKQOETGF57Q Erinnerungsblätter deutscher Regimenter. [...<nowiki>]</nowiki>, Ehemals preußische Truppenteile] 44 German Army Regimental online histories, (German language), from Deutsche Digital Bibliothek, from the collection of Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
*:[http://digital.wlb-stuttgart.de/sammlungen/sammlungsliste/werksansicht/?no_cache=1&tx_dlf%5Bid%5D=141&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=1 Die württembergischen Regimenter im Weltkrieg 1914 – 1918] Links to multiple volumes of different württembergischen Regimenter (German language). Digital Collection, Württembergischen Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart. If URL Is not permanent, use [http://digital.wlb-stuttgart.de/start/ Suchen].
*:[http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra Digital Library of Wielkopolska (Network of Polish Digital Libraries}] contains some online German Regimental Histories (German language).<ref>charlie2. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/232455-free-german-regimental-history-books/&do=findComment&comment=2520070 Free German Regimental History Books] ''Great War Forum'' 1 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/vocabularygerma00britgoog ''Vocabulary of German Military Terms and Abbreviations''] by Army War College [USA] “Reprint of a British Document” 1917 Archive.org
