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Welcome to the World War I task force. If you have any questions about articles or are generally seeking advice, you're encouraged to ask at the main military history talk page, or you can directly approach one of the task force participants below.

The coordinators of the Military history WikiProject can be contacted here.

Scope

This task force covers all topics related to World War I.

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Participants

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  1. {{User|Abraham, B.S.}} (Primarily biographies of Australian military personnel)
  2. {{User|Alexikoua}}
  3. {{User|Arius1998}} (World War I in Asia)
  4. {{User|Arthurcurrie}} (Canadian role in WW1)
  5. {{User|Buistr}} (Armies of WWI)
  6. {{User|Brigade Piron}} (Belgium, Africa and Belgium in Africa)

  1. {{User|CanonHistory}} (evolutions of tactics and strategies on the Western Front, de-propagandizing sources)
  2. {{User|Carcharoth}} (Currently memorials and commemorations, also want to look at WW1 poetry and literature)
  3. {{User|Cunobeline}} (Primarily Royal Regiment of Artillery)
  4. {{User|Eurocopter}} (Romanian theatre/Eastern Front)
  5. {{User|Farawayman}} (Somme 1916-1917)
  6. {{User|Gaia Octavia Agrippa}} (People, units, anything pretty much)
  7. {{User|GELongstreet}} (OoBs, biographies, German Army stuff, minor fixes and additions)
  8. {{User|Hawkeye7}} (Australia)
  9. {{User|Iazyges}} Mostly navy.

  1. {{User|Indy beetle}} (Naval battles, Black Sea Campaign)
  2. {{User|Keith-264}} Western Front 1915-1917, 2ndWW and occasional digressions
  3. {{User|Labattblueboy}} (Canadian Corps, tunnel warfare)
  4. {{User|LeadSongDog}}
  5. {{User|Mackensen}} (Eastern Front, Pre-war planning)
  6. {{User|Monsieurdl}} (Wide range of knowledge, emphasis on Canadian forces)
  7. {{User|Nicealstn}} German army

  1. {{User|Parsecboy}} (Naval stuff mostly, particularly German-related stuff)
  2. {{User|Peacemaker67}} (Australian Army, any theatre)
  3. {{User|Pjlambert}} (Mesopotamian Campaign, India, Palestine, Persia)
  4. {{User|Roger Davies}}
  5. {{User|Stanley Bannerman}} (New Zealand, other British Empire to a lesser extent)
  6. {{User|Staxringold}} (Western Front)
  7. {{User|TeriEmbrey}} (AEF, CEF, Biography, WWI music)
  8. {{User|TeutonicToad}} (Development of armored vehicles, fortifications, and artillery. Also general interest in the German and Austro-Hungarian armies)
  9. {{User|the_ed17}} (maritime aspects)
  10. {{User|The Land}} (Doctrine, tactics, Western Front)
  11. {{User|Therealscorp1an}} Europe
  12. {{User|The Star Baron}} (Western front, Middle East, tactics)

  1. {{User|Woody}} (Maritime topics mainly, but a general interest as well)

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Resources

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  • [http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/atlases/great%20war/great%20war%20index.htm Atlases of World War One]. A comprehensive collection of atlases from the [http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/default.htm History Department at the USMA]
  • [http://www.frontflieger.de/2alb.html Deutsche Fliegertruppe/Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte]
  • [http://www.britishpathe.com/index.php British Pathé news archives]
  • [http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-corpus-WH1.html New Zealand in the First World War 1914–1918] (full text of Official History)
  • [http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/first_world_war/ Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918] (full text)
  • [http://www.pritzkermilitary.org Pritzker Military Museum & Library] online book catalog and digital collections are free to access, some programs in "What's On" may require membership; PMML is a Wikipedia GLAM institution and you can email us reference questions and other requests
  • [http://generalstab.org/links/official-histories-ww1/links-special-official-histories-of-the-first-world-war/ The General Staff Archives: Official histories of various belligerents]
  • [https://defenceindepth.co/2015/03/30/digital-first-world-war-resources-online-official-histories-the-war-on-land/ Links to various official histories] (full text for most)
  • [https://history.army.mil/books/AMH/AMH-18.htm US Army Overseas during World War I]

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  • Draper, Mario. The Belgian Army and Society from Independence to the Great War.
  • {{cite book |last=Preston |first=Richard Martin |title=The Desert Mounted Corps: An Account of the Cavalry Operations in Palestine and Syria, 1917–1918 |url=https://archive.org/details/desertmountedco00presgoog |publisher=Constable |location=London |year=1921 |isbn=9781146758833}}

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