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US turns the tide
ww1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were the first troops sent to France in 1917? | 2 million American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) led by General John J Pershing |
| What did men of the AEF think of the war at first? | thought it was cool adventure |
| What job did African Americans have in the AEF? | served as mess boys, laborers, and stevedores |
| How were African American soldiers treated? | 1) French treated them equally 2) White Americans soldiers discriminated against them |
| What did Germans try to do to African Americans? | Used propaganda of US being racist to get them to defect, but none did |
| What was the AEF strongly against? | Prostitution, unlike French |
| Who were the Harlem Hellfighters? | 1) segregated black regiment 2) fought under French 3) very brave, got lots of awards 4) faced a lot of racism 5) helped win 2nd battle of the Marne & and Meuse-Argonne Offensive |
| Challenged US military faced at beginning of war | 1) not enough planes 2) German u boats & poison gas 3) French troops rebelling (tired of fighting) 4) shell shock 5) influenza & vermin 6) lack of training |
| What were General Pershing's goals? | 1) wanted AEF to fight in a distinct unit 2) French & GB wanted Americans to dissolve in existing units 3) he favored aggressive combat, disliked defensive trench fighting |
| German major Offensive Spring of 1918 (aka Win the War Offensive) | 1) Germany breaks through Marne, almost gets to Paris 2) US arrives, helps allies 3) However, Germany managed to punch many holes (salients) in Allied line |
| Allied counter-offensive summer of 1918 | 1) 270,000 US soldiers join to push G back from Marne 2) Close salient around St Mihiel 3) 1.2 m Americans sent to drive G from Meuse River & Argonne Forest 4) AEF destroys Sedan-Mezieres Railroad (G supply route) 5) Meusse-Argonne Offensive ends war |
| What was the convoy system? | 1) broke U-Boat blockade 2) destroyer ships drop depth charges to destroy u boat (usually only one) |
| What were stormtroopers? | 1) German soldiers that would successfully infiltrate trenches 2) brought a lot of German wins |
| Germany surrenders | 1) 11/11/18 2) germany signs armistice based on Wilson's 14 points |
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