World War I Libraries Research Guide: Foreign Govt. & Military Documents

Many foreign and international government organizations produce documentary material on World War I which is freely accessible on the Internet.

Examples include:

Australia

• Anzac Portal (Courtesy:  Australian Dept. of Veterans Affairs)
• Australian Army History Unit
• Australian Imperial Force (AIF) Project (Australian Anzacs in the Great War 1914-1918 Courtesy: University of New South Wales)
• Australia National Archives Military History
• Andrew Fisher (Prime Minister) Papers-National Archives of Australia
• William Morris Hughes (Prime Minister) Papers-National Archives of Australia
• Australian War Memorial First World War Centenary Official Histories World War I
• Official Yearbook of the Commonwealth of Australia
• Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)

Austria

• National Archives

Bulgaria

• National Library Historical Archive Collection

Canada

• Canada Yearbook
• Canadian War Museum Canada and the First World War
• Dept. of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces
• First World War Official Histories
• Library and Archives Canada Military and Peacekeeping
• Parliament
• Parliament House of Commons Debates (Hansard)
• Robert Borden Biography(Dictionary of Canadian Biography-Canada's Prime Minister During WWI)
• Robert Borden Papers Finding Aid(University of Toronto Library)
• War Museum

France

• Arc de Triomphe
• Armistice Museum (Compiegne, France)
• Army Museum
• Defense Ministry Historical Archives
• National Archives
• National Maritime Museum
• Official Bulletin Ministry of War (1914-1916)

(In French)

• Official Journal (In French-Contains government policy announcements)

Germany

• Bundeswehr (Military
• Germany Foreign Office (Most in German)
• German Historical Museum
• National Archives
• Military Archives(in German)
• Statistical Yearbook (In German)

Hungary

• National Archives Holdings Descriptions

Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission 1918-1930

• Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission

Italy

• Central State Archives
• Foreign Ministry Diplomatic History Archive
• Navy Historical Office

League of Nations

• Statistical and Disarmament Documents(Courtesy: Northwestern University Library)

New Zealand

• New Zealand and the First World War(Produced by New Zealand Ministry for Culture & Heritage) New Zealand National Archives
• New Zealand National War Memorial
• New Zealand Official Year Book
• William Massey (Prime Minister) Biography

Romania

• National Archives

Russia

• Russian Federation State Archives

Serbia

• National Archives

United Kingdom

• Annual Abstract of Statistics
• British Library World War I
• Cambridge University First World War
• Final Report of the Dardanelles Commission
• Imperial War Museum 1st World War Centenary
• National Archives Cabinet Papers 1915-1984
• Herbert Henry Asquith Papers Finding Aid (Prime Minister 1908-1916 Courtesy: Bodleian Library Oxford University)
• David Lloyd George Papers Finding Aid (Prime Minister 1916-1922 Courtesy: British National Archives & Other Locations)
• David Lloyd George 2006 BBC4 Documentary
• National Army Museum
• National Museum of the Royal Navy
• Oxford University World War I Centenary
• Parliament
• Hansard Parliamentary Debates 1803-2004
• Royal Air Force Museum
• Scotland National War Museum
• Measuring Worth (Non-governmental dataset calculator documenting purchasing power of various currencies including U.S. dollar, British pound, and Australian dollar.)