USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

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What did General Pershing do with his troops when they arrived in France?

(A) ** he sent them to training camps in Eastern France

(B) He sent them into combat immediately

(C) he dispersed them among various European regiments

(D) he paired them with the British for immediate combat

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Pershing arrived in France with his staff to establish American forces in Europe. Although not the first Americans to arrive, Pershing’s presence served as an important symbol to the British and French. Thousands of Americans were already serving in Allied uniform, or as international medical and relief volunteers.

Concept note-2: -Though French and British officers wanted to absorb AEF troops immediately into their units, Pershing insisted on keeping Americans under a single unified command, even as the Germans pushed ahead with a spring offensive in 1918.

Concept note-3: -He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Western Front during World War I, from 1917 to 1918.

Concept note-4: -From 1903 to 1904, he served with War Department General Staff, before attending the Army War College. In 1905, he married Frances Warren, and then was a military observer of the Russo-Japanese War. President Theodore Roosevelt promoted Pershing to brigadier general over 862 senior-ranking officers in 1906.