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*[http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=9&lat=50.0645&lon=2.7620&layers=101465290 National Library of Scotland WW1 Trench Maps]. View maps overlaid on a modern map. Allows you to swap between trench map and modern map. On the left hand side you will see a slider to change the transparency between the trench map and the underlying modern map.
*[http://rdf.muninn-project.org/TrenchCoordinates.html?q=57d.+L.3.a+80.45 Great War British Trench Map Coordinates Converter] muninn-project.org. Allows you to enter specific map references.
*[http://103.11.78.168/Our-history/Primary-Materials/World-War-One-1914-to-1918/Maps Trench maps of the Western Front] from the collection of the Australian Army History Unit. Mainly British maps, with the focus on battlefields where the Australian Imperial Force fought, but includes a few German maps.
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/search?q=*:*&f.ancestorNaIds=1068224&sort=naIdSort%20asc&f.materialsType=mapsandcharts&f.oldScope=online 9 online French Trench Maps] from the series "Maps of the French Artillery Survey Group", USA Army versions, based on French military maps. Website of The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
:This series contains Plans Directeurs maps. Information about these types of maps is included in the article [https://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/05/15/wwi-map-division "The Great War and Modern Mapping: WWI in the Map Division"] May 15, 2015. New York Public Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/listofconvention00unitrich ''List of conventional signs and abbreviations in use on French and German maps''] compiled by Second Section, General Staff (Topography) [USA Army] 1918 Archive.org.
*Also see next section for some maps, including locations of Prisoners of War camps.
===Historical books online===
*''History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Military Operations: France and Belgium'' by Brigadier-General J E Edmonds
