English Pages [] Year When war engulfed Europe in , the conflict quickly took on global dimensions. Although fighting erupted in Africa an. An authoritative and extensively illustrated account of how the Canadian Army experienced the Great War.
An authoritat. This book provides the most comprehensive examination of American Expeditionary Forces AEF combat doctrine and methods. Although the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, which began in late September and continued through to the Armistice, was not. General of the Armies John J. Pershing had a long and distinguished military career, but he is most famous f. Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN alk. World War, βUnited States. World War, β Personal narratives, American. H25 Mihiel Picnic 12 Into the Argonne 13 Death in the Forest 14 To the Bitter End 15 Peace and Home Epilogue Selected Bibliography Index About the Book v Photographs Members of the 32nd Division snack on French onions on their way to the front A doughboy herds German prisoners to the rear Doughboys from the 1st Division wear gas masks as they man frontline trenches in January Doughboys from the 28th Infantry, 1st Division, charge toward Cantigny in one of the earliest U.
They are gone and largely forgotten, those once jaunty young men with the quaint dishpan helmets, the spiral puttees, and highcollared wool tunics. The songs they sang, the weapons they usedβ their very concept of the worldβare mere curiosities to most of us today.
But they were so American! A latter-day historian referred to them as "the fierce lambs. And yes, they were lambs, their lack of sophistication and worldliness sometimes humorous, often touching and sometimes sad and a bit pathetic.
