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Borrowed soldiers : Americans under British command, 1918 / Mitchell A. Yockelson ; foreword by John S.D. Eisenhower.
Van Pelt Library D570.27 4th .Y63 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yockelson, Mitchell A., 1962-
- Series:
- Campaigns and commanders ; v. 17.
- Campaigns and commanders ; v. 17
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army. Corps, 2nd.
- United States.
- Great Britain. Army. Army, 4th.
- Great Britain.
- World War, 1914-1918--Regimental histories--United States.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--France.
- World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Belgium.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 308 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- 1 Organizing an Army 3
- 2 Wanted: American Troops 9
- 3 Amalgamation 15
- 4 The Sunny South: Training in the United States 21
- 5 Organizing II Corps 34
- 6 Goodbye, South Carolina: The Final Weeks of Training 44
- 7 Arrival 54
- 8 Training Overseas Commences 62
- 9 Division Training 70
- 10 We Have Found Each Other at Last 79
- 11 Visitors and Inspectors 85
- 12 Alone with the British 92
- 13 Ypres 98
- 14 Aftermath of Battle 107
- 15 Prelude to the Big Battle 115
- 16 The Americans Move Forward 124
- 17 The Americans Enter the Line 159
- 18 Main Operation: 29 September 1918 169
- 19 Attack by 30th Division 179
- 20 Assessing the Battle Performance of the Americans 183
- 21 Back to the Front 190
- 22 A Change in the Line 199
- 23 Reflections on the Selle Operation 209
- 24 Brothers in Arms 213
- 25 Borrowed Soldiers 220
- Appendix A Staff, American II Corps, 29 September 1918 229
- Appendix B Order of Battle, American 27th and 30th Divisions, 10 August-1 September 1918 230
- Appendix C Order of Battle, Allied Army, 29 September 1918 232
- Appendix D Order of Battle, German Army (Second and Eighteenth Armies), 29 September 1918, North and South 237
- Appendix E Comparative Strength of American and British Divisions, 1918 239.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-295) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780806139197
- 0806139196
- OCLC:
- 171287665
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