The History of the A. E. F.
Author : Shipley Thomas
Publisher : New York, George H. Doran Company [c1920]
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 35,66 MB
Release : 1920
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN :
Author : Shipley Thomas
Publisher : New York, George H. Doran Company [c1920]
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 35,66 MB
Release : 1920
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 34,92 MB
Release : 1931
Category : United States
ISBN :
A concise and unique reference work central to any serious examination of the Army2s involvement in World War I. Reproduced in 5 volumes, the original volume numbering and consecutive pagination remain unchanged to assist researchers using citations to the first printing
Author : James H. Hallas
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 43,24 MB
Release : 2009-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 146175089X
This multilayered history of World War I's doughboys captures the experiences of American soldiers as they trained for war, voyaged to France, and faced the harsh reality of combat on the Western Front in 1917-18. Hallas uses the words of the troops themselves to describe the first days in the muddy trenches, the bloody battles for Belleau Wood, the violent clash on the Marne, the seemingly unending morass of the Argonne, and more, revealing what the doughboys saw, what they did, how they felt, and how the Great War affected them.
Author : Mark Ethan Grotelueschen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 29,14 MB
Release : 2006-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1139458949
This 2007 book provides the most comprehensive examination of American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) combat doctrine and methods ever published. It shows how AEF combat units actually fought on the Western Front in World War I. It describes how four AEF divisions (the 1st, 2nd, 26th, and 77th) planned and conducted their battles and how they adapted their doctrine, tactics, and other operational methods during the war. General John Pershing and other AEF leaders promulgated an inadequate prewar doctrine, with only minor modification, as the official doctrine of the AEF. Many early American attacks suffered from these unrealistic ideas that retained too much faith in the infantry rifleman on the modern battlefield. However, many AEF divisions adjusted their doctrine and operational methods as they fought, preparing more comprehensive attack plans, employing flexible infantry formations, and maximizing firepower to seize limited objectives.
Author : Theo Van Dam
Publisher :
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 44,64 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Feldpoststempel ; USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika.
Author : Shipley Thomas
Publisher :
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 23,79 MB
Release : 1920
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Mitchell A. Yockelson
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 37,96 MB
Release : 2016-01-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0806155604
The combined British Expeditionary Force and American II Corps successfully pierced the Hindenburg Line during the Hundred Days Campaign of World War I, an offensive that hastened the war’s end. Yet despite the importance of this effort, the training and operation of II Corps has received scant attention from historians. Mitchell A. Yockelson delivers a comprehensive study of the first time American and British soldiers fought together as a coalition force—more than twenty years before D-Day. He follows the two divisions that constituted II Corps, the 27th and 30th, from the training camps of South Carolina to the bloody battlefields of Europe. Despite cultural differences, General Pershing’s misgivings, and the contrast between American eagerness and British exhaustion, the untested Yanks benefited from the experience of battle-toughened Tommies. Their combined forces contributed much to the Allied victory. Yockelson plumbs new archival sources, including letters and diaries of American, Australian, and British soldiers to examine how two forces of differing organization and attitude merged command relationships and operations. Emphasizing tactical cooperation and training, he details II Corps’ performance in Flanders during the Ypres-Lys offensive, the assault on the Hindenburg Line, and the decisive battle of the Selle. Featuring thirty-nine evocative photographs and nine maps, this account shows how the British and American military relationship evolved both strategically and politically. A case study of coalition warfare, Borrowed Soldiers adds significantly to our understanding of the Great War.
Author : John Votaw
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 32,71 MB
Release : 2013-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1472802012
Upon the entry of the United States into World War I, the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) were created by the War Department on short notice from existing units, filled up with men from the training camps and deployed with only their personal weapons and equipment. The US Army was not prepared for combat in France, and the remarkable achievement of the AEF's commanding officer, John J Pershing, was the creation of an American field army, built and nurtured from the bottom up. This book details the organizational structure, training and doctrine of the AEF and illustrates how it came to make a significant contribution to Allied victory in World War I.
Author : Frederick Palmer
Publisher :
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 50,51 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN : 9780722222195
Author : Shipley Thomas
Publisher : New York, George H. Doran Company [c1920]
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 25,95 MB
Release : 1920
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN :