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The book series Les Armées françaises dans la Grande guerre (The French Armies during the Great War), usually abbreviated AFGG, is the official history of the French Army during World War I. It was published between 1922 and 1939, and depicts the combat history, organizational history and political history of the French Army between 1914 and 1919. It contains several annex volumes with numerous facsimile documents.

History
The armies of France were engaged in World War I from 1914 to 1918, fighting mainly on the Western Front and contributing contingents to the Italian front, Macedonian front and to the Gallipoli campaign.

After the war, the various nations began publishing their official war histories. The AFGG series was published between 1922 and 1939 in 107 volumes, which were grouped into eleven "tomes". Each tomes contains main volumes, annex volumes and map collections. The annex volumes contain primary documents, with a focus on communication and directives within the French army or inter-Allied communication and dispatches. The tomes are given Roman numerals, whereas the volumes within tomes are given Latin numerals.

List of volumes

 * Tome I: La guerre de mouvement (opérations antérieures au 14 novembre 1914) [The War of Movement (Operations before 14 November 1914)].
 * Tome II: La stabilisation du front – Les attaques locales (14 novembre 1914 – 1er mai 1915) [The Stabilization of the Front – The Local Attacks (14 November 1914 – 1 May 1915)].
 * Tome III: Les offensives de 1915. – L'hiver de 1915–1916 (1er mai 1915 - 21 février 1916) [The Offensives of 1915 – The Winter of 1915/16].
 * Tome IV: Verdun et la Somme [ Verdun and the Somme].
 * Tome V: L'offensive d'avril 1917. Les opérations à objectifs limités (1er novembre 1916 – 1er novembre 1917) [The Offensive of April 1917. The Operations against Limited Objectives].
 * Tome VI: L'hiver 1917–1918. - L'offensive allemande (1er novembre 1917 – 18 juillet 1918) [The Winter 1917/18 – The German Offensive (1 November 1917 – 18 July 1918)].
 * Tome VII: La campagne offensive de 1918 et la marche au Rhin (18 juillet 1918 – 28 juin 1919) [The Offensive Campaign of 1918 and the March to the Rhine (18 July 1918 – 28 June 1919)].
 * Tome VIII: La campagne d'Orient (Dardanelles et Salonique) [The Orient Campaign (Dardanelles and Salonica)].
 * Tome IX: Les fronts secondaires [The Secondary Fronts].
 * Tome X: Ordres de bataille des grandes unités [Orders of Battle of Large Units].
 * Tome XI: La direction de l'arrière [The Direction from the Rear].