aef troops began arriving in europe on july 5, 1917.
aef troops began arriving in europe on july 5, 1917.
when did aef troops begin arriving in europe?
july 5 , 1917
the american expeditionary forces (a. e. f., a.e.f. or aef) was a formation of the united states army on the western front of world war i. the aef was established on july 5, 1917, in france under the command of gen. john j. pershing. it fought alongside french army, british army, canadian army, and australian army units against the german empire. a minority of the aef troops also fought alongside italian army units in that same year against the austro-hungarian army. the aef helped the french army on the western front during the aisne offensive (at the battle of château-thierry and battle of belleau wood) in the summer of 1918, and fought its major actions in the battle of saint-mihiel and the meuse-argonne offensive in the latter part of 1918.
american expeditionary forces
there he served as deputy to section chief, colonel paul b. malone and faced many difficult situations during the training of the aef troops. fiske replaced malone in february 1918 and held that command for the duration of the war. he often criticized the war department and unit commanders for the inability to fulfill the requirements of the aef training system. fiske insisted that all officers must attended the aef staff and specialist schools upon arrival to france regardless of when the parent unit was scheduled to enter combat. as a consequence, some units arrival in france, were stripped of their officers and non-commissioned officers, and, because of the demands of combat, were sent into the line under the command of strangers.
harold benjamin fiske