Thank you Michel, sorry for the late reply

Thanks Robin, sorry for my late reply

My grand father, who was of alsatian descent, was in the french army when his two half-brothers were in the german army. My grand father took part in two of the worst batlles ( Verdun and Chemins des Dames ) and was wounded twice. After the war when Alsace territoy returned to France he learnt that he and his half-brothers had been fighting at the battle of Chemins des Dames at the same time. All three of them survived the war fortunately. I remember them when I was a kid. When he heard of the arrival of the US troops my grand father said it was a great relief for them after 4 years of combat and was felt as the begining of the end on the german side.

" In the general public, there was little support for entering the war on the side of Germany. The great majority of German Americans, as well as Scandinavian Americans, wanted the United States to remain neutral; however, at the outbreak of war, thousands of US citizens had tried to enlist in the German army. The Irish Catholic community, based in the large cities and often in control of the Democratic Party apparatus, was strongly hostile to helping Britain in any way, especially after the Easter uprising of 1916 in Ireland.

" During the war, the U.S. mobilized over 4 million military personnel and suffered 110,000 deaths, including 43,000 due to the influenza pandemic.[ In reality, neither the US Army nor US Navy was in shape for war in terms of manpower, size, military hardware or experience. The Navy had fine ships but Wilson had been using them to threaten Mexico, and the fleet's readiness had suffered. The crews of the Texas and the New Mexico, the two newest and largest battleships, had never fired a gun, and the morale of the sailors was low. The Army and Navy air forces were tiny in size. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_in_World_War_I casualties : France : total deaths : 1,737,800. military wounded : 4,266,000 UK : total deaths : 1,011,687. military wounded : 1,675,000 USA : total deaths : 117,465. military wounded : 204,002 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I_casualties

" you can feel their awe at the Americans' height, good health, carefree attitudes and excellent equipment. " FACT : " When the U.S. entered the war in April 1917, its army was short of heavy materiel, and had no tanks at all The Renault FT tank was widely used by French forces in 1918 and by the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) on the Western Front in the later stages of World War I. On November 10, 1917 Patton was assigned to establish the AEF Light Tank School. He left Paris and reported to the French Army's tank training school at Champlieu near Orrouy, where he drove a Renault FT light tank. 1024px-Geo...b42068.jpg