A.E.F.

A. E. F. Tanks

America was so ill-prepared for WWI that we had to borrow tanks from the French.  Those tanks were pretty good.  They were Renault FT light tanks.  These revolutionary tanks had traversable turrets and the engine in the rear.  It had either a 37 mm. cannon (male) or an 8 mm. Read more…

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Pershing and Foch

When Pershing brought the A.E.F. to France, he was adamant about it fighting as an American army, not as reinforcements for the British and French.  The American divisions were scattered throughout the Western Front to train with the British and French.  The French commanding general, Gen. Petain, hoped that they Read more…

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