Disagreement Over How to Use American Forces. Britain and France Want U.S. Troops in The Trenches—Now! Pershing Wants Own Control Special to The Great War Project. (30 April) As the American presence in France grows, finally, into a significant fighting force, the debate over how the American soldiers should be most effectively deployed generates increasing…
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PLAN FOR GREAT OFFENSIVES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE WESTERN FRONT
by Mike Shuster
Allies Focus on River Somme; Germans on Verdun. Anything to Break the Stalemate Special to The Great War Project (26-29 January) Despite the terrible deadlock on both the Western and Eastern Fronts, war commanders for the Allies are busy planning a great offensive against the Germans and Austrians. From the last month of December 1915,…