Author: United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Engineer DeptPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Historical Report of the Chief Engineer
Author: United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Engineer DeptPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Historical Report of the Chief Engineer Including All Operations of the Engineer Department, American Expeditionary Forces, 1917-1919
Author: United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Engineer DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
John J. Pershing and the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, 1917-1919
Author: John T. GreenwoodPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813196647
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 539
Book Description
General of the Armies John J. Pershing (1860–1948) had a long and decorated military career but is most famous for leading the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. He published a memoir, My Experiences in the World War, and has been the subject of numerous biographies, but the literature regarding this towering figure and his enormous role in the First World War deserves to be expanded to include a collection of his wartime correspondence. Carefully edited by John T. Greenwood, volume 3 of John J. Pershing and the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, 1917–1919 covers the period of January 1 through March 20, 1918, as General Pershing encounters logistical and organizational challenges that originated in the last months of 1917. With the collapse of the Eastern Front and Allied defeats in Italy, British and French commanders were preparing for a renewed German offensive and proposed that American troops be put under their control for training and frontline combat in order to replenish losses. Pershing's diary entries indicate that he rejected these proposals and yet offered four segregated African American regiments to be placed under French control. The conclusion of the AEF autonomy debate allowed Pershing to focus on reorganizing the General Headquarters of the AEF, establishing effective communication lines, and contracting Allied European governments to produce armaments for the AEF with American raw materials. In March 1918, Maj. Gen. Peyton C. March replaced Gen. Tasker H. Bliss as chief of staff. The sources included in this edition show the origin of Pershing and March's personal feud, which persisted well after the war. Pershing's letters during this time period convey a long and arduous struggle to build an American army at the front. Together, these volumes of wartime correspondence provide new insight into the work of a legendary soldier and the historic events in which he participated.
Historical Report of the Chief Engineer
Author: United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Engineer DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
An American Soldier in World War I
Author: George BrownePublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803213514
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
George “Brownie” Browne was a twenty-three-year-old civil engineer in Waterbury, Connecticut, when the United States entered the Great War in 1917. He enlisted almost immediately and served in the American Expeditionary Forces until his discharge in 1919. An American Soldier in World War I is an edited collection of more than one hundred letters that Browne wrote to his fiancée, Martha “Marty” Johnson, describing his experiences during World War I as part of the famed 42nd, or Rainbow, Division. From September 1917 until he was wounded in the Meuse-Argonne offensive in late October 1918, Browne served side by side with his comrades in the 117th Engineering Regiment. He participated in several defensive actions and in offensives on the Marne, at Saint-Mihiel, and in the Meuse-Argonne. This extraordinary collection of Brownie’s letters reveals the day-to-day life of an American soldier in the European theater. The difficulties of training, transportation to France, dangers of combat, and the ultimate strain on George and Marty’s relationship are all captured in these pages. David L. Snead weaves the Browne correspondence into a wider narrative about combat, hope, and service among the American troops. By providing a description of the experiences of an average American soldier serving in the American Expeditionary Forces in France, this study makes a valuable contribution to the history and historiography of American participation in World War I.
The United States in the First World War
Author: Anne Cipriano VenzonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135684537
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
First Published in 1999. Includes six maps.
Combat and Construction
Author: Charles HendricksPublisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The Great War, 1914–18
Author: R J Q AdamsPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349114545
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The Great War is a collection of seven original essays and three critical comments by senior scholars dealing with the greatest conflict in modern history to its time - the 1914-18 World War. The Great War is edited by the distinguished historian of the First World War, R.J.Q.Adams.
Annual Report of the American Historical Association
Author: American Historical AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Bulletin of the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Boston Public LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description