Does anyone have a complete list of all the Official Histories of the Great War? A librarian at the local library has tried and failed to find one, and so have I. I found the title and details of a volume covering Egypt in 1915 that I need at the Naval and Military press website, now that I have the details I can order it from the library. I saw a question about railways on the forum recently and I felt sure I once saw a reference to an Official History of Transport that covered railways on the Western Front, but that is all I can remember, and there is no guarantee that I am right about this. It would be useful just to be able to refer to a complete list. I could also do with a look at what was happening in India, is there an Official History covering India? I assume there will be for Indian Army units at the front but what about garrison units in India? Is it true that there are around fifty volume if you count the Australians, New Zealanders and Canadians? I have even heard that there is a volume covering the veterinary service! I would love to see a full list, if only to find out just what is actually available.

Tony.

While we are at it, does anyone know EXACTLY how many volumes there are of the French OH? Thanks.

The titles and details of the American volumes would also come in handy, especially for 1918.

Tony.

The American history I have is the "Source Records of the Great War" -it uses contempory accounts from all sides to give an overview of thought.

This below I cut and paste from Tom Morgan's website ( http://www.morganbooks.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/online.htm )

OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR - Military Operations
For many years out of print and commanding prices between £50-£150 per volume, these scarce and valuable volumes are available once more. Each has been superbly produced and together they represent an extremely fine investment. Superbly reprinted by the Imperial War Museum.
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1914 VOL. 1. Mons, Le Cateau, , Aisne. Hardback. 577 pages. £35.00 - OUR PIECE £31.45. Order No. A101
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1914 VOL. 2. Armentières, Ypres. Hardback. 593 pages.. £35.00 - OUR PRICE - £31.45. Order No. A102
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1915 VOL. 1. Neuve Chapelle, Ypres. Hardback. 488 pages. £33.00 - OUR PRICE - £29.45. Order No. A103
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1915 VOL. 2. Aubers, Festubert, Loos. Hardback. 433 pages. £35.00 - OUR PRICE - £31.45. Order No. A104
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1916 VOL. 1. Up to 1st July. Hardback. 523 pages. £33.00 - OUR PRICE - £29.45. Order No. A105
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1916 VOL. 2. From 2 July. Hardback. 646 pages. £33.00 - OUR PRICE - £29.45. Order No. A106
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1917 VOL. 1. Hindenburg Line, Arras. Hardback. 625 pages. £33.00 - OUR PRICE - £29.45. Order No. A107
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1917 VOL. 2. Messines/Third Ypres. Hardback. 557 pages. £30.00 - OUR PRICE - £26.95. Order No. A108
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1917 VOL. 3. Battle of Cambrai. Hardback. 437 pages. £30.00 - OUR PRICE - £26.95. Order No. A109
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1918 VOL. 1. German offensive. Hardback. 550 pages. £35.00 - OUR PRICE - £31.45. Order No. A110
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1918 VOL. 2. German offensive. Hardback. 569 pages. £35.00 - OUR PRICE - £31.45. Order No. A111
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1918 VOL. 3. May-July. Hardback. 385 pages. £35.00 OUR PRICE - £31.45. Order No. A112
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1918 VOL. 4. 8 August - 26 September. Hardback. 623 pages. £35.00 - OUR PRICE - £31.45. Order No. A113
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1918 VOL. 5. 26 Sep. - 11 November. Hardback. 675 pages. £35.00 - OUR PRICE - £31.45. Order No. A114
GALLIPOLI. Hardback. Two volumes, 929 pages. £49.50 - OUR PRICE - £44.45. Order No. A115
MACEDONIA VOL. I. Outbreak of War to Spring 1917. Hardback. 365 pages. £33.00 - OUR PRICE - £29.45. Order. No. A117
MACEDONIA VOL. 2. Spring of 1917 to the end of the War. Hardback. 365 pages. £33.00 - OUR PRICE - £29.45. Order. No. A118
MESOPOTAMIA VOL. 1. Hardback. 402 pages. £33.00 - OUR PRICE - £29.45. Order No. A119
MESOPOTAMIA VOL. 2. Hardback. 581 pages. £35.00 - OUR PRICE - £31.45. Order No. A120
MESOPOTAMIA VOL. 3. Hardback. 460 pages. £35.00 - OUR PRICE - £31.45. Order No. A121
MESOPOTAMIA VOL. 4. Hardback. 447 pages. £35.00 - OUR PRICE - £31.45. Order No. A122
TOGOLAND AND THE CAMEROONS. Hardback. 494 pages. Currently out of print with no reprint date decided as yet.

I don't think there is an American OH.

Paul,

Well, strictly speaking there are 11 volumes in the French OH: I-XI, with each volume having a set of "sub" volumes.

I think with the annexes, and map volumes the total number of books comes to right around 100+.

I was lucky enough to pick up a copy of this back in the early 90's at a bookshop in London, but to be honest, the annexes have been sitting in the garage in plastic storage bins for most of that time. It's just so much I would have to dedicate an entire room for the set. I've never actually counted them all.

I still remember getting them home and the car literally groaning under the weight, and telling my wife how "lucky" I was to have found them .

I also have the American history, "U.S. Army in the World War, 1917-1918," which is (I'm guessing here) 17 volumes. It is also sitting in the garage.

There is a site on the web (I searched and I can't find it again) that gives a comprehensive summary of all the official histories out there. I used it when I was trying to complete my German OH. Google couldn't find it though .

Paul

I got this list some time ago from www.1914-18.org. I have a few of the document volumes but it is far more rare than the British or German OHs and has not to my knowledge been reprinted.
Regards
Simon

les Armées Françaises dans la Grande Guerre
• Tome I, la guerre de mouvement (opérations antérieures au 14 novembre 1914) :
o Volume 1, les préliminaires, la bataille des frontières. Collectif. Paris, Imp. Nationale, 1922.
o Volume 2, la manœuvre de retraite. Collectif. Paris, Imp. Nationale, 1925.
o Volume 3, la bataille de la Marne. Collectif. Paris, Imp. Nationale, 1931.
o Volume 4, la bataille de l'Aisne, la Course à la Mer. Collectif. Paris, Imp. Nationale, 1934.
• Tome II, la stabilisation du front, les attaques locales (14 novembre 1914 au 1er mai 1915). Collectif. Paris, Imp. Nationale, 1931.
• Tome III, les offensives de 1915, l'hiver 1915-16. Collectif. Paris, Imp. Nationale, 1923.
• Tome IV, Verdun et la Somme :
o Volume 1, projet de coalition, offensive allemande sur Verdun (21 février au 1er mai 1916). Collectif. Paris, Imp. Nationale, 1927.
o Volume 2, Verdun, la préparation de la bataille de la Somme (1er mai au 3 septembre 1916). Collectif. Paris, Imp. Nationale, 1933.
o Volume 3, fin de la bataille de la Somme et offensive sur Verdun (3 septembre au 31 décembre 1916). Collectif. Paris, Imp. Nationale, 1936.
• Tome V, l'offensive d'avril 1917, opérations à objectifs limités :
o Volume 1, l'offensive d'avril (1er novembre 1916 au 15 mai 1917). Collectif. Paris, Imp. Nationale, 1931.
o Volume 2, les offensive à objectifs limités (15 mai au 1er novembre 1917). Collectif. Paris, Imp. Nationale, 1937.
• Tome VI, l'hiver 1917-18, l'offensive allemande :
o Volume 1, préparation de la campagne de 1918, offensive allemande (1er novembre 1917 au 30 avril 1918). Collectif. Paris, Imp. Nationale, 1931.
o Volume 2, l'offensive allemande (30 avril au 17 juillet 1918). Collectif. Paris, Imp. Nationale, 1935.
• Tome VII, la campagne offensive de 1918, la marche au Rhin :
o Volume 1, offensives de dégagement (18 juillet au 25 septembre 1918). Collectif. Paris, Imp. Nationale, 1933.
o Volume 2, la campagne offensive de 1918, la marche au Rhin (26 septembre 1918 au 26 juin 1919). Collectif. Paris, Imp. Nationale, 1938.
• Tome VIII, la campagne d'Orient :
o Volume 1, jusqu'à l'intervention de la Roumanie (février 1915 à août 1916). Collectif. Paris, Imp. Nationale, 1924.
o Volume 2, de l'intervention de la Roumanie aux préparatifs d'offensive de 1918 (août 1916 à avril 11918). . Collectif. Paris, Imp. Nationale, 1933.
o Volume 3, du printemps 1918 à la fin de la même année (avril 1918 à décembre 1918). Collectif. Paris, Imp. Nationale, 1934.
• Tome IX, les fronts secondaires :
o Volume 1, Égypte, Palestine, Syrie, Hedjaz, la propagande allemande au Maroc. Collectif. Paris, Imp. Nationale, 1935.
o Volume 2, les campagnes coloniales : Togo, Cameroun, AEF, AOF. Collectif. Paris, Imp. Nationale, 1930.
o Volume 3, les opérations au Maroc. Collectif. Paris, Imp. Nationale, 1933.
Tome X, ordres de bataille :
o Volume 1, ordre de bataille des grandes unités. Collectif. Paris, Imp. Nationale, 1923.
o Volume 2, ordre de bataille des divisions. Collectif. Paris, Imp. Nationale, 1923.
• Tome XI, la direction de l'arrière. Collectif. Paris, Imp. Nationale, 1938.

An excellent list of light reading. I found some more at the Naval and Military Press website.

EGYPT AND PALESTINE: (Vol I) OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR.
by Sir George MacMunn and Cyril Falls
From The Outbreak Of War With Germany To June 1917. After a brief background to the situation in Egypt in August 1914 and commencement of hostilities with Turkey at the end of October,

EGYPT AND PALESTINE Volume II Part II.

Italy 1915-1919. OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR.
by Brig Gen Sir James Edmonds and Maj Gen H. R. Davies
An account of the war in Italy with special reference to the part played by the British troops involved.

CAMPAIGN IN GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICA 1914-1915
by Brig-Gen J.J.Collyer
This is the Official South African History of the War describing a campaign in which S African forces only were involved, hence it does not feature in the British Official History series.

Tony.

Those are the Military Operations volumes, but there are also:

NAVAL OPERATIONS
Vol 1 - To the Battle of the Falklands 1914
Vol 2 - From the Falklands to the entry of Italy May 1915
Vol 3 - Jutland
Vol 4 - June 1916 to Apriol 1917
Volume 5 - Aptril 1917 to November 1918

MERCHANT NAVY - 4 Volumes

SEABORNE TRADE - 3 Volumes
AERIAL OPERATIONS - 6 Volumes plus appendices
Medical Histories - 1 Volume


Tom

Thanks for them, including the South African volume the British Official History is up to 42 volumes so far. I wonder how many more there are?
I will tidy it up on to one list when we have all done.

Tony.

Just remembered some further additions, Tony! Some of the Military Operations year-groups had further volumes of Appendices. I know there was one for 1917 and 1918 because I have some copies, but I'm not sure how many of the other year-groups had them. These appendices aren't included in the current IWM reprints - the ones which have "Imperial War Museum" at the bottom of the spine, but they were included in the earlier reprints which the IWM used to sell (the ones with "Battery Press" at the bottom of the spine.)

Tom

There seems to be a few volumes of Appendices.

What about these:
Official History Of The War, Medical Services Volume 1.
Official History Of The War, Medical Services, Diseases Of The War.
Volume 2.

Is the volume named below also one of the above?

Official History Medical Services - Pathology volume. Major General Sir W G Macpherson.

Tony.

Battery Press

Battery Press still has these for sale they start in the middle of the page and continue onward.

Canadian Official History
The Canadian Official History is available as an Adobe download above.

Paul is correct there is no 'official' US history although the 17 Volume US Army in the World War is close. It's available on CD Rom for under $30 from the Government Printing Office, possibly the best buy in World War I studies.

I wish I could read French well enough to decipher the Official Histories (actually 2 wishes, wish I had 'em and could read 'em). I find the lack of quality historical works on the French in WWI very disappointing and a little surprising.
Neil

The German naval official history series is called Der Krieg zur See 1914-1918 . It's in some 20 volumes:

Nordsee (North Sea), 7 volumes
Ostsee (Baltic), 3 volumes
Der Krieg in den türkischen Gewässeren (Turkish waters, including Black Sea), 2 volumes
Der Kreuzerkrieg in den ausländischen Gewässern (cruiser warfare on foreign stations), 3 volumes
Der Handelskrieg mit U-Booten (submarine warfare against merchant shipping), 5 volumes.

The series is out of print and difficult to obtain, especially the later volumes of Nordsee and Handelskrieg. Volume five of Handelskrieg, for example, would easily fetch several hundred dollars by itself -- if you could find a copy. It is easily the single most essential work on U-Boat operations in 1918 ever produced.

Best wishes,
Michael

...and then there's all the map volumes which are boxes that look like the text volumes but contain many large scale maps that are referred to in the text. I don't believe that these have ever been re-printed.

Dave.

You're right, Dave. These aren't available in modern reprints. The IWM does sell a CD-ROM with all the 1914-18 "France and Belgium" Official History maps. Peter Chassaud has written concise notes to amplify each map. It costs £79.99.

This is not fishing for customers. I don't sell it!

Tom

I like the Battery Press site. ISBN numbers for the volumes on Seaborne Trade etc. I would love to have a complete list with enough details on each book to be able to order it anywhere. We seem to be heading in that direction here. I would like a bit more detail on the Merchant Navy’s volumes, and anything on medical, transport, veterinary, Indian and New Zealand’s Official History. The more detail the better.

Tony.

Hi Dave,
Battery Press have the 1916 Volume I & II Maps and Appendices, are these the volumes you're referring to? Were there seperate Map VOlumes for each year?
Thanks,
Neil

Hi Neil.

Yup! Every year had at least one map volume (and the "other theatre" volumes too!).

Dave.

This is what has come up so far, it is not a full list, any more anybody???

OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR - Military Operations.

FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1914 VOL. 1. Mons, Le Cateau, , Aisne. Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. ISBN: 0-89839-233-0
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1914 VOL. 2. Armentières, Ypres. Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. ISBN: 0-89839-232-2
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1915 VOL. 1. Neuve Chapelle, Ypres. Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. ISBN: 0-89839-218-7
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1915 VOL. 2. Aubers, Festubert, Loos. Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. ISBN: 0-89839-245-4
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1916 VOL. 1. Up to 1st July. Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. ISBN: 0-89839-185-7
FRANCE AND BELGIUM, 1916 VOLUME 1, APPENDICES, Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds ISBN: 0-89839-226-8
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1916 VOL. 2. From 2 July. Captain Wilfrid Miles. ISBN: 0-89839-169-5
FRANCE AND BELGIUM, 1916 VOLUME 2, MAPS & APPENDICES, Captain Wilfrid Miles ISBN: 0-89839-207-1
FRANCE & BELGIUM, 1917 VOLUME 1 Captain Cyril Falls. Hindenburg Line, Arras. ISBN: 0-89839-180-6
FRANCE AND BELGIUM, 1917 VOLUME 1, APPENDICES Captain Cyril Falls
ISBN: 0-89839-202-0
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1917 VOL. 2. Messines/Third Ypres. Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. ISBN: 0-89839-166-0
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1917 VOL. 3. Battle of Cambrai. Captain Wilfrid Miles.
432 pages. ISBN: 0-89839-162-8
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1918 VOL. 1. German offensive. Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. ISBN: 0-89839-219-5
FRANCE AND BELGIUM, 1918 VOLUME I, APPENDICES Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds ISBN: 0-89839-204-7
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1918 VOL. 2. German offensive. Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. ISBN: 0-89839-223-3
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1918 VOL. 3. May-July. Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. ISBN: 0-89839-211-X
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1918 VOL. 4. 8 August - 26 September. Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. ISBN: 0-89839-191-1
FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1918 VOL. 5. 26 Sep. - 11 November. Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. ISBN: 0-89839-192-X

MILITARY OPERATIONS, GALLIPOLI, VOLUMES 1 and 2. Brigadier C.F. Aspinall-Oglander. ISBN: 0-89839-175-X

MILITARY OPERATIONS, MACEDONIA, VOLUME 1 Captain Cyril Falls.
ISBN: 0-89839-242-X Outbreak of War to Spring 1917
MILITARY OPERATIONS, MACEDONIA, VOLUME 2 Captain Cyril Falls
ISBN: 0-89839-243-8 Spring of 1917 to the end of the War

THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA, VOLUME 1,
Brigadier F. J. Moberly. ISBN: 0-89839-268-3
THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA, VOLUME 2,
Brigadier F. J. Moberly. ISBN: 0-89839-269-1
THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA, VOLUME 3,
Brigadier F. J. Moberly. ISBN: 0-89839-289-6
THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA, VOLUME 4.
Brigadier F. J. Moberly. ISBN: 0-89839-290-X

MILITARY OPERATIONS, TOGOLAND & THE CAMEROONS, Brigadier F. J. Moberly. ISBN: 0-89839-235-7

MILITARY OPERATIONS, Egypt and Palestine, Volume 1, General George MacMunn and Captain Cyril Falls. ISBN: 0-89839-241-1
MILITARY OPERATIONS, EGYPT AND PALESTINE, VOLUME 2 PART 1
Sir George MacMunn and Cyril Falls From the outbreak of the war to June 1917.
ISBN: 0-89839-241-1
MILITARY OPERATIONS, EGYPT AND PALESTINE, VOLUME 2 PART 2
Falls, Cyril ISBN: 0-89839-240-3

OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR. MILITARY OPERATIONS, ITALY 1915-1919, Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds and Maj Gen H. R. Davies.
ISBN: 0-89839-165-2

THE CAMPAIGN IN GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICA 1914-1915
Official South African History Brigadier J.J. Collyer.
ISBN: 0-89839-273-X

NAVAL OPERATIONS.

NAVAL OPERATIONS, VOLUME 1 Sir Julian Corbett.
ISBN: 0-89839-256-X
NAVAL OPERATIONS, VOLUME 2 Sir Julian Corbett. From the Falklands to May 1915 ISBN: 0-89839-257-8
NAVAL OPERATIONS, VOLUME 3 (Revised 1940 edition for Jutland), Sir Julian Corbett. ISBN: 0-89839-231-4
NAVAL OPERATIONS, VOLUME 4 Henry Newbolt. June 1916 to April 1917. ISBN: 0-89839-254-3
NAVAL OPERATIONS, VOLUME 5 Henry Newbolt. April 1917 to November 1918 ISBN: 0-89839-255-1

RAF

War in the Air. Being the Story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force. VOLUME ONE. Sir Walter Raleigh, The early days of the RFC and RNAS and the first months of the war. ISBN: 0-89839-284-5

War in the Air. Being the Story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force. VOLUME TWO. H.A Jones The air operations of the 1915 Gallipoli campaign; of the Western Front in 1915/1916; and of naval air operations.
ISBN: 0-89839-293-4

War in the Air. Being the Story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force. VOLUME THREE. H.A Jones Covers air operations in German East- and South-West Africa; air raids on Britain in 1914-16; and over the western front in the winter of 1916/17 and during the 1917 battle of Arras. ISBN: 0-89839-292-6

War in the Air. Being the Story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force. VOLUME FOUR. H.A Jones Covers naval air operations in 1917 and early 1918; and over the western front from the battle of Messines in June 1917 down to the German Spring offensives in 1918. ISBN: 0-89839-287-X

War in the Air. Being the Story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force. VOLUME FIVE. H.A Jones The story of German air attacks on Britain in 1917-1918 and the measures taken to meet them. ISBN: 0-89839-283-7

War in the Air. Being the Story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force. VOLUME SIX. H.A Jones This covers operations in the Middle East, Balkans and India, the creation of the RAF in April 1918 and the western front in 1918 down to the Armistice ISBN: 0-89839-282-9

WAR IN THE AIR. (APPENDICES). Being the story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force H.A. Jones Consists of appendices with factual information and statistics. ISBN: 0-89839-277-2

SEABORNE TRADE

SEABORNE TRADE, VOLUME 1 C. Ernest Fayle ISBN: 0-89839-270-5
SEABORNE TRADE, VOLUME 2 C. Ernest Fayle ISBN: 0-89839-271-3
SEABORNE TRADE, VOLUME 3 C. Ernest Fayle ISBN: 0-89839-272-1

Medical Services.

Official History Of The War, Medical Services Volume 1.
Official History Of The War, Medical Services, Diseases Of The War.
Volume 2.

The volume named below may also be one of the above.
Official History Medical Services - Pathology volume. Major General Sir W G Macpherson. HMSO 1923.

MERCHANT NAVY

Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
Volume 4

Maps on CD Rom
MILITARY OPERATIONS FRANCE AND BELGIUM: 1914-1918
Maps on CD Rom
MILITARY OPERATIONS OTHER THEATRES: 1914-1918

I think that will do for one day, hopefully there will be a few more tomorrow.

Tony.

One of the medical volumes is on hygiene at least one other covers surgery; another is "medical statistics" and the latter has been reprinted by the IWM/Battery Press.

Each of the Gallipoli volumes has an associated maps & appendices volume.

There is Henniker's "Transportation on the Western Front" and associated map case.

A one volume history of the war in the air exists as "The Royal Air Force in the Great War.

There is Volume 1 of the East African Campaign (volume 2 exists in draft at the PRO)

There are also two further volumes:

Operations in Persia
The Occupation of the Rhineland

In addition there is a history of the Ministry of Munitions (I don't know how many volumes).

As regards map volumes can I suggest that for completeness these are listed out? Some were reprinted after a fashion by the IWM/Battery Press but by no means all of them.

The Shearer Press reprints some years ago covered 1914 Volume 1 and 1916 Volume 1 and have the advantage that the sketch maps were reproduced in colour.

The War in the Air was reprinted in the 1960's by Hamish Hamilton (but not including the War in the Air Map Volmes as I understand it).

John Buchan's "The South African forces in France" is often considered to be a part of the Official History canon. Monash's "The Australian Victories in France in 1918" might belong with a library of official histories but is not considered part of the canon.

Should one also include the volume covering Official Battle names and the Order of Battle volumes?



The New Zealand set runs to four volumes:

1. The New Zealanders at Gallipoli (Major Fred Waite)
2. The New Zealand Division in France (Stewart)
3. The New Zealanders in Sinai & Palestine (Powles)
4. Minor campaigns in which the New Zealanders took part
Services not fully dealt with in the other volumes
The work at the bases

The four volumes are collectively given the title "The War effort of New Zealand" and all are very readable.

The Australian History runs to 12 full volumes, 3 medical volumes and a short history called From Anzac to Amiens. All except volume 12 (photographic and usualyy the hardest to find and most expensive) are available in PDF format on the Australian War Memorial web site. I believe someone has already pointed out that the Canadian history is available on the web.

The Turkish History is the subject of a seperate thread at present, there being the original set of Ottoman Turkish volumes; a 1990's three volume set on Gallipoli and a later single abridged volume on Gallipoli plus a very recent translation into english of the single volume version which also included additional m,aterial on the war in the air. There are a number of other relevant Turkish General Staff publications which relate to the history of the Great War.

The British Official History for Gallipoli (2 text volumes as per previous posts) is also currently available in Turkish translation in paperback. The maps are also translated and modified for these two volumes.

The 17 American Volumes plus the Battlefields Commission guide has been made available on CD-ROM by the American Government Printing Office and appears on 3 CDs. Last time I looked it cost a mere $20. Worth it for the guide and Order of Battle alone. A real bargain.



I am sure others will add to the canon or provide further details.

Hope this helps.

Martin

Source Records of the Great War.
HORNE, Charles F. & AUSTIN, Walter F. (Editors)

...is 7 volumes.

zoo

The Bibliographical Essay at the end of "Paths of Glory - The French Army 1914-18" By Anthony Clayton says 102.

The Australian War Memorial website has 16 volumes on line plus a link to the contents of Volume 12, A Photographic Record of the War, which they have not included because all the images were already on line.

Tony.

One more:

TRANSPORTATION ON THE WESTERN FRONT 1914-1918 Compiled by Colonel A M Henniker CBE RE(Retd) originally published 1937, but republished by the Imperial War Museum and The Battery Press 1992 ISBN 0-89839-179-2.

Charles M

So far we have a list of 3 volumes on Seaborne Trade with ISBN numbers, and a reference to 4 volumes on the Merchant Navy without any further details. We have the Canadian and Australian histories on line and the American on a remarkably cheap CD. There seems to be 3 volumes on medical services but it is not entirely clear what the tittles are, again ISBN numbers would help to cut through any confusion and will allow any of these books to be ordered.

We seem to have two from South Africa at the moment with John Buchan's "The South African forces in France" joining the “Campaign in German South West Africa 1914-1915”. But there is nothing at all on the Indian Army, although I suppose the Mesopotamia volumes will deal with them a lot. I would have thought somebody would have written an Official History of the Indian Army, they were on the western front in 1914 so there should be enough information to fill a book or two.

We have the tittles of volumes on Persia, the Occupation of the Rhineland and an unknown number of volumes relating to the activities of the Ministry of Munitions, once again ISBN numbers would help to cut through any confusion and will allow any of these books to be ordered. Any more tittles, details or ISBN numbers that can be added here will prove to very useful, just to know what is out there is an advantage.

There is already more than I expected.

Tony.

Tony,

You forgot the South East African campaign (volume 1 as published; volume 2 in a draft at the PRO (NA).

The Merchant Navy volumes do not have any ISBN - they predate ISBNs and have not been reprinted.

With the exception of the Medical Statistics the British Medical volumes will also lack ISBNs

The volumes are

Official Hisotry of the Great War: Medical Services Casualties & Medical statistics of the great war

Major T J Mitchell & Miss G M SMith

London HMSO 1931

Reprinted 1997

IWM ISBN 1-870423-28-3

Battery Press ISBN 0-89839-263-2

*Official History of the Great War: Medical Services; General History, Volume 1

London, HMSO, 1921

Medical services in the United Kingdom; in British garrisons overseas; and during operations against Tsingtau, in Togoland, the Cameroons and South-West Africa



*Official History of the Great War: Medical Services; Surgery of the War, Volumes1 & 2.

London, HMSO, 1922

The second volume contains a chapter on facial injury contributed by Gillies and Mendelson, illustrated with cases from Sidcup. The chapter has a bias towards the dental aspects with photographs of several splints and prostheses.



The Medical section of the Official History comprises the following:

General History (at least one volume ... )
Diseases Of The War (2 Vols),
Hygiene Of The War (2 Vols),
Surgery Of The War (2 Vols)
Pathology (1 Vol)
PLUS the volume on Medical Statistics

The Occupation of the Rhineland and Operations in Persia volumes were published by the HMSO/IWM in the 1990's

Regards,

Martin

On the veterinary service:

Blenkinsop LJ and Rainey JW. History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Veterinary Services, 1925.

Robert

Thanks for that, this is all really useful stuff.

Tony.

History of the Great War ......

"The Occupation of the Rhineland 1918-1929*

Compiled by Brigadier General Sir James E Edmonds, C.B., C.M.G., D. Litt. (Oxon), R.E. (Retired), p.a.c.

HMSO 1987

ISBN 0-11-290454-8

(100 copies were printed for internal use" in 1944)

There is another volume published in 1961 called "The blockade of the central empires" by A C Bell which had originally been published on a restricted basis in 1937.

The History of The Ministry of Munitions apparently runs to 12 volumes (it must be fascinating reading....) and I believe that a draft of "The Occupation of Constantinople" was produced by Edmonds after the end of WW2 but I don't know whether it was ever published in any form.

I wonder if we might ask Chris to publish the full list (when we get all the detail added in) on "The Long Long Trail"

Martin

Following a tip about the British Library Integrated Catalogue from Tom Tulloch-Marshall, there are some more volumes to add. Especially from the medical series. There are also quite a few Orders of Battle included under the Official History of the Great War label, including one for Indian Army Divisions, the first and only mention of them so far. Plus a few unusual ones like a history of the Blockade of Germany. I will put them together with the rest in the next day or so. If there are any still missing they will be probably be Indian or South African, or so rare that only a handful of people know about them.

I like the fact that Corydon has its own Official History of the Great War.

Tony.

Tony, I'm pleased you asked this question, becuse it raises the issue of the purpose of our Forum.

The marvellous response has probably created, in a couple of days, as near complete a list as is possible.

We now have a duty to provide this knowledge to a wider audience, somehow.

Between the mothersite and the Forum, Chris and the Pals provide the world at large with a most comprehensive resource, and we should be proud of the knowledge we have and share.

Well done, folks.

Graeme

The Ottoman Turkish General Staff were preparing the following volumes in the early 1920's under the title of "A short History of Turkish Operations in the Great War

Volume 1 The Dardanelles Campaign

Volume 2 Caucasus & Persian Campaign

Volume 3 Campaign in Iraq & Persia

Volume 4 Campaign in Palestine & Syria

Volume 5 Campaign in Hejaz, Yemen & Asir

Volume 6 Campaigns on other fronts (Galicia, Roumania and Macedonia)

Volume 7 Miscellaneous and Supplementary Events (Thrace, Smyrna, Tripoli, Benghazi, and Naval Events)


I cannot confirm the publication of these with the exception of Volume 1

The Indian Corps in France. Lt Col Merewether and Sir Frederick Smith

I think this is an official history as such. Same red binding.

zoo

This is more properly a unit/corps history and not an official history of the war as such.

It is interesting as it was written during the war and was, until very recently, they only volume on the subject.

Martin

I have just been to collect a book I ordered from the library a little while ago. I ordered it before we started this list so I had no ISBN number or any other reference. I ordered Military Operations France and Belgium 1916 Volume 2, and it was not until I got home that I realised that the inter-library loan service had sent me Military Operations France and Belgium 1917 Volume 2. In my case this is a book which I was going to order in a month or two away, so it is not really a problem, I will just have to reorder 1916 Volume 2. But it is a timely reminder to include with these tittles any available ISBN numbers or any other available references.

I expect the full list to be ready by Saturday.

Tony.

Tony,

Don't forget that the Battery Press/IWM reprints have two ISBN numbers- an american one for battery press and a british one for the IWM. The only difference is the publishers name embossed on the spine.

Martin

THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA AND THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1918

First published in 1924 by the Army General Staff as an official history for South Africa's participation in WWI, this account covers all of the South African campaigns. Includes detailed accounts of the campaigns in German South-West Africa, the two phases of the German East African Campaign, the South African infantry brigade in Egypt, and the SA forces in France. Incl appendices listing VC recipients and casualties.

Now in reprint and available through Helion.

Roop

Tony,

If you can hold of for a day or two I should be able to find the Persia volume !SBN and one of two other bits of info.

Martin

Operations in Persia 1914-1919

Brig Gen F J Moberly

London, HMSO 1987

ISBN

Originally produced in 1919 in a print run of 500. 150 marked "secret" and sent to the Indian Government. Of the rest (marked confidential) 50 were bound and distributed to key institutions including some libraries such as the IWM. The 300 unbound copies were destroyed a year or two later.

Colour sketch maps are included and there are a handful of coloured folding maps in a rear pocket.

Martin

In addition to the Nicholson history Neil mentioned, there is also the original Official History written by Col. A.F. Duguid which was to be a multi-volume work. The first volume with an accompanying appendices volume was not published until 1938 and subsequently the project was abandoned. The volume covered August 1914 - September 1915. The large scale maps covering the second Battle of Ypres are particularily useful.

It can be purchased from the Archive CD Books Project, link.

Thank you for that, I am at this moment trying to sort out the Canadian Official History.

Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War, 1914-1919. Volume 1. From the outbreak of war to the formation of the Canadian Corps. August 1914-September 1915. 1938.

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914 - 1919. By Colonel G W L Nicholson. Ottowa 1964.

Now I know why I can’t find volume 2, thanks,

Tony.

Official History Volumes from Britain and English speaking Allies.

It is not possible to guarantee that all the tittles given in the list which is shortly to follow, are correct in every detail, but hopefully there is enough detail to identify the volumes correctly. Any additions or corrections will be gratefully accepted. This tread already contains information on the French Official History, and other nations have also been mentioned. It would be foolish of me to touch anything in a language I do not speak, so I have stuck to English only. The French list can be found on this tread by anyone who needs it. I hope all the ISBN numbers that are given are correct, time will tell.

Tony.

Official History Volumes from Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States.

Western Front.

The History of the Great War based on official documents by direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence:

Military Operations:-

France and Belgium 1914 Volume 1. Mons, Le Cateau, , Aisne. Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. ISBN: 0-89839-233-0

France and Belgium 1914 Volume 2. Armentières, Ypres. Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. ISBN: 0-89839-232-2

France and Belgium 1915 Volume 1. Neuve Chapelle, Ypres. Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. ISBN: 0-89839-218-7

France and Belgium 1915 Volume 2. Aubers, Festubert, Loos. Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. ISBN: 0-89839-245-4

France and Belgium 1916 Volume 1. Up to 1st July. Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. ISBN: 0-89839-185-7

France and Belgium 1916 Volume 1. Appendices, Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds ISBN: 0-89839-226-8

France and Belgium 1916 Volume 2. From 2 July. Captain Wilfrid Miles. ISBN: 0-89839-169-5

France and Belgium 1916 Volume 2. Maps, and Appendices. Captain Wilfrid Miles ISBN: 0-89839-207-1

France and Belgium 1917 Volume 1. Captain Cyril Falls. Hindenburg Line, Arras. ISBN: 0-89839-180-6

France and Belgium 1917 Volume 1. Appendices. Captain Cyril Falls
ISBN: 0-89839-202-0

France and Belgium 1917 Volume 2. Messines, Third Ypres. Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. ISBN: 0-89839-166-0

France and Belgium 1917 Volume 3. Battle of Cambrai. Captain Wilfrid Miles.
432 pages. ISBN: 0-89839-162-8

France and Belgium 1918 Volume 1. German offensive. Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. ISBN: 0-89839-219-5

France and Belgium 1918 Volume 1. Appendices. Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds ISBN: 0-89839-204-7

France and Belgium 1918 Volume 2. German offensive. Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. ISBN: 0-89839-223-3

France and Belgium 1918 Volume 3. May-July. Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. ISBN: 0-89839-211-X

France and Belgium 1918 Volume 4. 8 August - 26 September. Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. ISBN: 0-89839-191-1

France and Belgium 1918 Volume 5. 26 Sep. - 11 November. Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. ISBN: 0-89839-192-X

Principal Events 1914-1918. Major H. T. Skinner and Captain H. Fitz Stacke. London, 1922. (This may be two volumes,)

Transportation on the Western Front, 1914-1918, by Major Alan Henniker London, 1937.

The occupation of the Rhineland : 1918-1929 by Sir James Edward Edmonds, Publisher H.M.S.O., London 1987.

Order of Battle of Divisions during the European War, 1914-1918. by Major A. F. Becke. London, 1935.

Reprinted:

Order of Battle of Divisions, part 1, The regular British Divisions. by Major A. F. Becke. Publisher Ray Westlake - Military Books, 1989.

Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2A. The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and The 1st - Line Territorial Force Divisions (42-56). by Major A. F. Becke. Publisher Ray Westlake - Military Books, 1989.

Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2B. The 2nd-line Territorial Force Divisions, (57th-69th), with the Home-Service Divisions (71st-73rd), and 74th and 75th Divisions. by Major A. F. Becke. Publisher Ray Westlake - Military Books, 1988.

Order of battle of Divisions. Part 3A, New Army Divisions (9-26). New Army Divisions (9-26). by Major A. F. Becke. Publisher Ray Westlake - Military Books, 1989.

Order of battle of Divisions. Part 3B. New Army Divisions (30-41 and 63rd (R.N.) Division. by Major A. F. Becke. Publisher Ray Westlake - Military Books, 1989.

Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 4, The Army Council, G.H.Q.s, Armies, and Corps 1914-1918, by Major A. F. Becke. Publisher Ray Westlake - Military Books, 1990.

Order of Battle of Divisions. Part 5A, Divisions of Australia, Canada and New Zealand and those in East Africa. by F. W. Perry. Publisher. R. Westlake, 1992.

Order of Battle of Divisions. Part 5B, Indian army divisions, by F. W. Perry. Publisher Ray Westlake - Military Books, 1993. ISBN 187116723X

Other Theatres.

Military operations Gallipoli Volume1, Inception of the campaign to May 1915. by C.F. Aspinall-Oglander. Publisher Imperial War Museum, in association with The Battery Press, Nashville, 1992.

Military operations Gallipoli Volume 2, May 1915 to the evacuation. by C.F. Aspinall-Oglander. Publisher Imperial War Museum, in association with The Battery Press, Nashville, 1992. Originally published: London : Heinemann, 1929 (vol.1), 1932 (vol.2)

Operations in Persia, 1914-1919 by Frederick James Moberly. Publisher. H. M. Government. London, 1929.

Military Operations, Macedonia, Volume 1. Outbreak of War to Spring 1917. By Captain Cyril Falls. ISBN: 0-89839-242-X

Military Operations, Macedonia, Volume 2. Spring of 1917 to the end of the War. by Captain Cyril Falls. ISBN: 0-89839-243-8

The Campaign in Mesopotamia, Volume 1. By Brigadier F. J. Moberly. ISBN: 0-89839-268-3

The Campaign in Mesopotamia, Volume 2. By Brigadier F. J. Moberly. ISBN: 0-89839-269-1

The Campaign in Mesopotamia, Volume 3. By Brigadier F. J. Moberly. ISBN: 0-89839-289-6

The Campaign in Mesopotamia, Volume 4. By Brigadier F. J. Moberly. ISBN: 0-89839-290-X

Military Operations, Togoland and the Cameroons, by Brigadier F. J. Moberly. ISBN: 0-89839-235-7

Military Operations, Egypt and Palestine, Volume I, by General George MacMunn and Captain Cyril Falls. ISBN: 0-89839-241-1

Military Operations, Egypt and Palestine, Volume 2 Part 1. From the outbreak of the war to June 1917. By Sir George MacMunn and Cyril Falls ISBN: 0-89839-241-1

Military Operations, Egypt and Palestine, Volume 2 Part 2, by Cyril Falls. ISBN: 0-89839-240-3

Military Operations, Italy 1915-1919, by Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds and Maj Gen H. R. Davies. ISBN: 0-89839-165-2

Military Operations in East Africa. by Charles Hordern, London, 1941.

Medical and Veterinary Services.

Medical Services. General History. (At least 3 volumes) By William Grant Macpherson. 1921

Medical Services. Diseases of the War. By William Grant Macpherson. 1922

Medical Services. Surgery of the War. By William Grant Macpherson. 1922

Medical Services. Hygiene of the War. By William Grant Macpherson. 1923

Medical Services. Pathology. By William Grant Macpherson. 1923

Medical Services: Casualties and Medical Statistics of the Great War. By John Thomas Mitchell, 1931

Veterinary Services. by Sir L. J. Blenkinsop and J. W. Rainey. HMSO. London, 1925.

Naval Operations.

Reprinted by The Imperial War Museum Department of Printed Books in association with The Battery Press, 1997.

Naval Operations, Volume 1. To the battle of the Falklands, December 1914. Sir Julian Corbett. ISBN: 0-89839-256-X

Naval Operations, Volume 2, From the Falklands to May 1915. By Sir Julian Corbett. ISBN: 0-89839-257-8

Naval Operations, Volume 3, (Revised 1940 edition for Jutland). By Sir Julian Corbett. ISBN: 0-89839-231-4

Naval Operations, Volume 4, June 1916 to April 1917. By Henry Newbolt. ISBN: 0-89839-254-3

Naval Operations, Volume 5, April 1917 to November 1918. By Henry Newbolt. ISBN: 0-89839-255-1

Seaborne Trade.

Seaborne Trade. by C. Ernest Fayle 3 volumes. John Murray: London, 1920-24.

Reprinted: Publisher: Imperial War Museum in association with Battery Press, 1997,

Seaborne trade. Volume 1. The cruiser period. by C. Ernest Fayle ISBN: 0-89839-270-5

Seaborne trade. by C. Ernest Fayle. Vol. 2, From the opening of the submarine campaign to the appointment of the shipping controller. (with maps in separate volume.) ISBN: 0-89839-271-3

Seaborne trade. Volume 3. The period of unrestricted submarine warfare. by C. Ernest Fayle. ISBN: 0-89839-272-1

Seaborne Trade, Maps. 12 maps. (Presumably the maps referred to in association with volume 2.) Also Battery Press.

Merchant Navy.

Sir Archibald Spicer Hurd, The Merchant Navy. (With maps and illustrations) London, 1921,

Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
Volume 4

A History of the Blockade of Germany and of the Countries associated with her in the Great War: Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey. 1914-1918. By Archibald Colquhoun Bell. London, 1937.

There is also a History of the Ministry of Munitions, believed to be in 12 volumes.

War in the Air.

War in the Air. Being the Story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force. Volume 1. Sir Walter Raleigh, The early days of the RFC and RNAS and the first months of the war. ISBN: 0-89839-284-5

War in the Air. Being the Story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force. Volume 2. H.A Jones The air operations of the 1915 Gallipoli campaign; of the Western Front in 1915/1916; and of naval air operations.
ISBN: 0-89839-293-4

War in the Air. Being the Story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force. Volume 3. H.A Jones Covers air operations in German East- and South-West Africa; air raids on Britain in 1914-16; and over the western front in the winter of 1916/17 and during the 1917 battle of Arras. ISBN: 0-89839-292-6

War in the Air. Being the Story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force. Volume 4. H.A Jones Covers naval air operations in 1917 and early 1918; and over the western front from the battle of Messines in June 1917 down to the German Spring offensives in 1918. ISBN: 0-89839-287-X

War in the Air. Being the Story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force. Volume 5. H.A Jones The story of German air attacks on Britain in 1917-1918 and the measures taken to meet them. ISBN: 0-89839-283-7

War in the Air. Being the Story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force. Volume 6. H.A Jones This covers operations in the Middle East, Balkans and India, the creation of the RAF in April 1918 and the western front in 1918 down to the Armistice ISBN: 0-89839-282-9

War in the Air. (Appendices). Being the story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force H.A. Jones Consists of appendices with factual information and statistics. ISBN: 0-89839-277-2

Maps.

Military Operations France and Belgium: 1914-1918 Maps on CD Rom. Naval & Military Press

Military Operations Other Theatres: 1914-1918 Maps on CD Rom. Naval & Military Press

Australia.

All the volumes listed below are available on line at the Australian War Memorial’s website, although Volume 12 of the series ('Photographic Record of the War'), is not included in the main section as all the original images it contains were already available on-line when this project began.

Volume 1 - The Story of Anzac: the first phase (11th edition, 1941)

Volume 2 - The Story of Anzac: from 4 May, 1915 to the evacuation (11th edition, 1941)

Volume 3 - The Australian Imperial Force in France: 1916 (12th edition, 1941)

Volume 4 - The Australian Imperial Force in France: 1917 (11th edition, 1941)

Volume 5 - The Australian Imperial Force in France: December 1917 - May 1918 (8th edition, 1941)

Volume 6 - The Australian Imperial Force in France: May 1918 - the Armistice (1st edition, 1942)

Volume 7 - The Australian Imperial Force in Sinai and Palestine: 1914 - 1918 (10th edition, 1941)

Volume 8 - The Australian Flying Corps: 1914 - 1918 (11th edition, 1941)

Volume 9 - The Royal Australian Navy: 1914 - 1918 (9th edition, 1941)

Volume 10 - The Australians at Rabaul (10th edition, 1941)

Volume 11 - Australia during the War (7th edition, 1941)

Volume 12 Photographic Record of the War.

Volume 1- The Australian Army Medical Services: The Gallipoli Campaign (2nd edition, 1938)

Volume 2- The Australian Army Medical Services: The Western Front (1940)

Volume 3 - The Australian Army Medical Services (1943) Anzac to Amiens Gallipoli Mission

Canada.

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914 - 1919. By Colonel G W L Nicholson. Ottowa 1964.

The above is online at the Library and Archives of Canada website.

Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War, 1914-1919. Volume 1. From the outbreak of war to the formation of the Canadian Corps. August 1914-September 1915. by Colonel Duguid. With accompanying volume of appendices. 1938.

The above volume is also published as:

Official History of the Canadian Forces in The Great War. With accompanying volume of appendices. Published on CD by Archive CD Books Canada Inc.

New Zealand.

The Official history of New Zealand's effort in the Great War. Volume 1. The New Zealanders at Gallipoli by Fred Waite. Auckland N. Z. Whitcombe and Tombs, 1919.

Official History of New Zealand’s effort in the Great War. Volume 2. The New Zealand Division, 1916-1919. By Hugh Stewart, Auckland. Whitcombe and Tombs, 1921.

Official History of New Zealand’s effort in the Great War. Volume 3. The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine. By Charles Guy Powles, Auckland . Whitcombe and Tombs, 1922.

Official History of New Zealand’s effort in the Great War. Volume 4. minor campaigns in which New Zealanders took part: services not fully dealt with in the campaign volumes: the work at the bases. By H T B Drew, Auckland. Whitcombe & Tombs, 1923.

Official History of New Zealand’s effort in the Great War. Volume 5. New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Roll of Honour. Contains the names of those members of the N.Z.E.F. who gave their lives in the Great War, 1914-1918. Wellington, N. Z. 1924.

Official history of the New Zealand Engineers during the Great War, 1914-1919 : A record of the work carried out during the operations in Samoa (1914-15); Egypt, Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine (1914-1918); France, Belgium and Germany (1916-1919) and Mesopotamia (1916-1918. by Norman Annabell, Wanganui. Evans, Cobb & Sharpe, 1927.

The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War 1914-1918. By Andrew Robert Dillon Carbery, Auckland : Whitcombe & Tombs, 1924.

South Africa.

The Union of South Africa and the Great War, 1914-1918. Official history. Pretoria, 1924.

The Campaign in German South West Africa 1914-1915. Official South African History. by Brigadier J.J. Collyer. ISBN: 0-89839-273-X

United States.

United States Army in World War 1 (2001) (CD-ROM): Includes: Learning Lessons in the American Expeditionary Forces, by Kenneth E. Hamburger, an analytical overview essay; United States Army in the World War, 1917-1919, volumes 1-17 of original documents originally compiled in 1919; Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War, V. 1-5 (also a reprint); American Armies and Battlefields in Europe, an extended guide to the battlefields of World War 1 first published in 1938; and Army Art of World War 1, 16 prints by Army artists, and the Guide to the Print Set. Published by the US Government Printing Office.

tom,i thought you sold quite a few of the reprints,bernard

I had to edit this, I made a few mistakes.

A great source on officials is Robin Higham's Official Histories; Essays and Bibliographies from around the World 1970. He published two further volumes adding to the first, Official Military Historical Offices and Sources 2000. These are essential bibliographies on published official histories. Extensive, but these works are incomplete. Higham was limited by the information he received from the various historical offices.

The following is a list of the Turkish officials covering the war. Some of these volumes have been reprinted by the Genelkurmay.

Birinci Dünya Harbi'nde Turk harbi Osmanli Imparatorlugunun siyasi ve askeri hazirliklari ve harbe girisi Inci Cilt.. Ankara 1970 (The First World War, The Political and Military Preparations of the Ottoman Empire and its entrance into the War Volume 1)

Birinci Dünya Harbinde Türk Harbi. Kafkas Cephesi. 3ncu Ordu Harekati. Cilt II. Birinci Kitap. Ankara: Genelkurmay Basimevi 1993 [second edition](The Caucasian Front, the 3rd Army Operations. Volume 2, 1st Book)

Birinci Dünya Harbinde Türk Harbi. Kafkas Cephesi. 3ncu Ordu Harekati. Cilt II. Ikinci Kitap. Ankara: Genelkurmay Basimevi 1993 [second edition](The Caucasian Front, the 3rd Army Operations. Volume 2, 2nd Book)

Birinci Dünya Harbi'nde Turk harbi: Kafkas Cephesi, 2nci Ordu Harekâti 1916-1918 II Cilt 2nci Kisim.. Ankara 1979 (The Caucasian Front, the 2nd Army Operations. Volume 2, 2nd Part)

Birinci Dünya Harbi'nde Turk harbi Irak-Iran Cephesi. 1914-1918 IIIncu Cilt 1nci Kisim.. Ankara 1979 (Iraqi-Iran Front. Volume 3, 1st Part)

Birinci Dünya Harbi'nde Turk harbi Irak-Iran Cephesi. 1914-1918 IIIncu Cilt 2nci Kisim.. Ankara: 1979 (Iraqi-Iran Front. Volume 3, 2nd Part)

Birinci Dünya Harbi'nde Turk harbi. Sina - Filistin cephesi, Harbin Başlangicindan İkinci Gazze Muharebeleri Sonuna Kadar. IVncu Cilt 1nci Kisim. Ankara 1979. (Sinai-Palestine Front from the beginning of the war to the end of the 2nd Gaza Battle) Volume 4, 1st Part)

Birinci Dünya Harbi'nde Turk harbi. Sina - Filistin CephesiIkinci Gazze Muharebesi sonundan Mondros Mutarekesi'ne kadar yapilan harekat (21 Nisan 1917 - 30 Ekim 1918) IVncu Cilt 2nci Kisim.. Ankara: 1986. (Sinai-Palestine Front from the end of 2nd Gaza Battle to the Mundros Armistice Volume 4, 2nd Part)

Birinci Dünya Harbinde Türk Harbi Çanakkale Cephesi (Haziran 1914-25 Nisan 1915) Vncu Cilt 1nci Kitap. Ankara: Genelkurmay Basimevi 1993 (The Dardanelle Front June 1914 to April 1915 Volume 5, 1st Book)

Birinci Dünya Harbi'nde Turk harbi Çanakkale Cephesi, Amfibi Harekât Vncu Cilt 2nci Kitap. Ankara 1978 (The Dardanelle Front the amphibious operations Volume 5, 2nd Book)

Birinci Dünya Harbi'nde Turk harbi Çanakkale Cephesi Harekâti (Harziran 1915 – Ocak 1916) Vncu Cilt 3ncü Kitap. Ankara 1980 (The Dardanelle Front Operations June 1915-January 1916 Volume 5, 3rd Book)

Birinci Dünya Harbinde Türk Harbi Vncu Cilt Çanakkale Cephesi Harekati 1nci, 2nci, ve 2ncu Kitaplarin Ozetlenmis Tarihi (Haziran 1914-9 Ocak 1916). Ankara: 1996 (The Dardanelle Front Operations a historical summary of all three books June 1914 to January 1916)

Birinci Dünya Harbi’nde Türk Harbi Hicaz-Yemen-Asir Cepheleri ve Libya Harekâti VIncu Cilt. Ankara: 1978 (The Hejaz, Yemen, and Libyan Fronts Volume 6)

Birinci Dünya Harbi'nde Turk harbi Avrupa Cepheleri, Galicya Cephesi, VIIncu 1nci Kisam. Ankara 1967 (The European Front, Galicia Volume 7, 1st Part)

Birinci Dünya Harbi'nde Turk harbi Avrupa Cepheleri, Romanya Cephesi, VIIncu 2nci Kisam. Ankara 1967 (The European Front, Romania Volume 7, 2nd Part)

Birinci Dünya Harbi'nde Turk harbi Avrupa Cepheleri, Makedonya Cephesi, VIIncu 3ncü Kisam. Ankara 1964 (The European Front, Macedonia Volume 7, 3rd Part)

Birinci Dünya Harbi’nde Türk Harbi Avrupa cepheleri (Ozet). Ankara: 1996 (The European Front Summary)

Birinci Dünya Harbi. Turk Deniz Harekâti VIIInci Cilt. Ankara: 1976 (The Naval Operations Volume 8)

Birinci Dünya Harbi. Turk hava harekati IXnci Cilt. Ankara: 1969 (The Air Operations Volume 9)

Birinci Dünya Harbi. Idari Faaliyetler ve Lojistik Xnci Cilt. Ankara: 1985 (Administrative Activities and Logistics Volume 10)

Jeff

Yes, you are all doing a wonderful service, very useful it will be.
Regarding Tony's almost final listing, make I make a small plea on behalf of historians ... please add date(s) of publication, preferably the original one, with note of any reprint.
I see that this has been done by some compilers but I hope it figures in the final list.
thanks
lian

Tony,

The 3 (three) volume set "The Merchant Navy" by Archibald Hurd, with maps & illustrations, has been reprinted by Naval & Military Press Ltd in conjunction with the IWM and is currently available. The volumes are referenced IWM 18, 19 & 20.

There is another IWM/NMP publication, which, while not official, is very close to it, "The German Submarine War" by R.H. Gibson and Maurice Prendergast. It carries the refence IWM 17.

Best wishes

David

Tony, there was also a Canadian Medical History written by Sir Andrew Macphail, "Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War 1914 -1919, the Medical Services", Ottawa: F. A. Acland, Kings Printer, 1925.

Seemingly it was quite controversial in what was said in it and similar volumes concentrating on Engineer, Nursing, and Chaplain services were not attempted by the military.

For those with an interest in the Italian ( and other fronts) there are the seven volumes ( plus maps etc) of the Austro Hungarian Official History @ Osterreich-Ungarns Letzter Kreig 1914-1918'

Unlike the German official History it is even printed in ( readable) non gothic script

Adam