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Tango01 | 20 Nov 2017 11:30 a.m. PST |
…Operation of the AEF and Why? "As you can see from the header on this page, the attack mounted during the last phase of the Meuse-Argonne operation that resulted in a decisive victory is considered the most important and successful battle the AEF fought in the First World War . The attack was the culmination of a painful learning process, which I guess is a polite way of saying that a lot of boys died beforehand while their generals were learning how to fight a modern war. Its importance lay in the fact that the lessons absorbed before it and put into practice on November 1, 1918, became part of the mindset of the American military establishment to this day. Those lessons, primarily about the application of firepower, mobility and logistics, were transmitted through time, in good part because, an astonishing number of future Army chiefs of staff and Marine Corps commandants played roles in the success and they made sure the lessons were absorbed by the American military in the interwar period…."
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oldnorthstate | 22 Nov 2017 1:02 p.m. PST |
In the Argonne rhe AEF still suffered from a failure to accurately absorb the lessions learned in the earlier campaigns and that was aggravated by the continued influx of newly minted divisions that had been given little training before being thrown into the front lines. It can be argued that the Argonne was the wrong place to fight…Foch undermined Pershing prior to the Start. Michel offensive, causing it to be terminated too soon…if left to fully develop Pershing may well have captured Metz and crippled German access to coal and thereby accelerated the German collapse…given the stakes I'd argue Belleau Wood and the blunting of the German offensive was the AEF's greatest battle. |
Lion in the Stars | 26 Nov 2017 4:19 a.m. PST |
Might have to debate Belleau Wood, as 3rd Infantry Division's stand at the (2nd) Marne was pretty critical, too. I mean, when the Kaiser's best troops break like a wave against a rock, that kind of stand goes down in legend. And sticks as a unit name. |
GuyG13 | 27 Nov 2017 10:23 a.m. PST |
Hamel, then Amiens, leading up to the breeching of the Hindenberg Line in September of 1918. The US involvement in the 100 Days offensive is almost completely overlooked. |
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