Author: Russell L. StultzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
History of the Eightieth Division, A.E.F. in World War I
Author: Russell L. StultzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
Borrowed Soldiers
Author: Mitchell A. YockelsonPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806155604
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
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.
History of the 318th Infantry Regiment of the 80th Division, 1917-1919
Author: United States. Army. 318th InfantryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
History of the Eightieth Division A. E. F. in World War I
Author: Lee S. AnthonyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780615959801
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This is the most definitive history of the 80th Infantry Division in World War I. It was written by Sgt. Russell L. Stultz, who was the 80th Division Historian from the time of WWI and for many decades thereafter. Editing has added a number of maps & photographs to further enhance this history.
Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
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
The Marne 15 July - 6 August 1918
Author: Stephen C. McGeorge and Mason W. WatsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The American Expeditionary Forces in the Great War
Author: Maarten OttePublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526714477
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
“An invaluable and extraordinary” account of the bloodiest battle in American military history (Midwest Book Review). Although the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, which began in late September 1918 and continued through to the Armistice, was not the first major action fought by the AEF, it was the greatest in which it engaged in the Great War. The Argonne was an area that had been heavily fought over, particularly in the early part of the war; its eastern part, towards the Meuse, then became enveloped in the first great attritional battle of the war, Verdun. Maarten Otte gives a background narrative to events before the opening of the Offensive and its development. Taking each of the US corps in turn, he then provides tours that will help the visitor to understand the fighting and the problems that were faced. This opening book on the Meuse-Argonne takes the reader, more or less, to the date when General Pershing handed over command of the US First Army to Major General Liggard in mid-October, a change in command that marked a significant improvement in the American performance as they pushed the Germans ever backwards. The Great War battlefield of the Argonne is marked by numerous physical remains of the war, some fine (some might argue overly grandiose) monuments and by the stunning American cemetery at Romagne, the second largest in the world administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission. There is much to see in a battlefield that has been largely neglected in the decades since the Second World War.
To the Last Man :.
Author: Jonathan D. BrattenSt. Mihiel 12-16 September 1918
Author: Donald A. CarterPublisher:
ISBN: 9780160946516
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The St. Mihiel salient, created during the initial German invasion in 1914, had withstood multiple French efforts to regain the territory. Yet even though the Germans had established strong defensive positions around St. Mihiel and its neighboring villages and towns, the salient was highly vulnerable to attack and was an optimal target for a potential American operation. Until this point in the war, members of the American Expeditionary Forces had not fought in a formation larger than a corps, and then only under French or British leadership. Now, as part of the American First Army under General John J. Pershing, they prepared to launch an offensive that would demonstrate to the Allies and the Germans alike that the Americans were capable of operating as an independent command. The AEF's successful efforts in the St. Mihiel Offensive, and the hard-won operational and tactical lessons that it learned during the battle, helped set the stage for the grand Allied offensive that would seize the initiative on the Western Front and blaze a path toward ultimate victory in the war.
The Other End of the Spear
Author: John J. McgrathPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105056155
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
This book looks at several troop categories based on primary function and analyzes the ratio between these categories to develop a general historical ratio. This ratio is called the Tooth-to-Tail Ratio. McGrath's study finds that this ratio, among types of deployed US forces, has steadily declined since World War II, just as the nature of warfare itself has changed. At the same time, the percentage of deployed forces devoted to logistics functions and to base and life support functions have increased, especially with the advent of the large-scale of use of civilian contractors. This work provides a unique analysis of the size and composition of military forces as found in historical patterns. Extensively illustrated with charts, diagrams, and tables. (Originally published by the Combat Studies Institute Press)