WWI and the AEF

[carl]

One word to our British cousins who are of that opinion; July 1, 1916. They have my highest respect but have no room to criticize anyone about wasting lives in the Great War...

This is rather unfair to the British. The British Army of 1918 was not the British Army of 1916. They learned.

The British and the French both advised that the AEF do what they did, lots and lots of artillery and machine gun support, very detailed planning and limited objectives. The AEF eventually ended up fighting about like the British and French did because that is what worked.

I know I am a broken record but please refer to "The AEF Way of War." It covers exactly what this thread is about in detail.