Begun within months of the war's outbreak, and not completed for a further 33 years, the writing of the Official Histories of World War I was a venture of unprecedented scale and complexity.

Andrew Green

List of Illustrations, Series Editors' Preface, Preface, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, Introduction, 1. The Origins, Purpose and Workings of the Historical Section, 2. Sir James Edmonds, 3. Edmonds' Method and Writing, 4. Military Operations: France and Belgium 1916, Volume I: 1 July: Battle o f the Somme, 5. Military Operations: Gallipoli, Part I, 6. Military Operations: Gallipoli, Part II, 7. Military Operations: France and Belgium 1918, Volume I: The German March Offensive, 8. Military Operations: France and Belgium 1917, Volume II: Messines and Third Ypres (Passchendaele), 9. Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Index