Pershing to House: The Allies are Done For. But Air Power Now Favoring the Allies ‘I Should Salute You’ Special to the Great War Project. (2 July) Crucial developments in late June a century ago on the Italian Front, and still on the French front where the Americans are battling for Belleau Wood. The Austrians…
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BELLEAU WOOD: CRUCIAL TEST FOR THE AMERICANS
by Mike Shuster
Despite Massive Allied Losses, German March to Paris Halted. Influenza Now a Factor Special to The Great War Project (12 June) If there are any questions about the American war-fighting skills and commitment, they are dispelled in these days on the Western Front a century ago. In the first week of June, the Germans attack…
AMERICANS NOT READY UNTIL 1919
by Mike Shuster
Pershing Tells Shocked Allies; Lesson for Germans: Americans Not a Rabble of Amateurs. French Government Fleeing Paris. Special to the Great War Project. (29 May) On the Western Front, at the village of Cantigny, the Americans take back lost ground. Despite significant losses and exhaustion, “the Americans held Cantigny,” reports historian Martin Gilbert. It gives…
WHENCE THE NAME DOUGHBOY?
by Mike Shuster
No One Knows for Sure, But American Servicemen Soon Carry the Moniker Proudly Special to The Great War Project (6 August) More and more American troops, known as Doughboys, are arriving in France. One question on many minds, how did the American troops come to be known by the nickname Doughboy? “It is far from…