Название: The 91st Infantry in World War I -- Analysis of an AEF Division's Efforts to Achieve Battlefield Success
Автор: Bryan L Woodcock
Издательство: Pickle Partners Publishing
Год: 2013
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 153
Для сайта: litgu.ru
Размер: 9,1 МБ
Язык: Английский
Includes The Americans in the First World War Illustration Pack – 57 photos/illustrations and 10 maps
The 91st Infantry Division was a National Army Division created prior to World War I. Based at Camp Lewis, Washington, it was composed of draftees from the northwestern United States. Following a train up that lasted less than one year, this division departed for Europe in June 1918.
In France, the 91st Division conducted additional training, but the AEF pushed it to the front lines before it was completed. In its first combat experience, the 91st Division fought on the front lines of the Meuse-Argonne. In the first days of this battle, the 91st Division, although inexperienced, gained more ground than any other American division. However, it paid a heavy price in terms of American lives. The AEF subsequently assigned the division to work under French command in the battle of Ypres-Lys in Belgium.