BBC Online – Belleau Wood
Why this WWI battle is still important in US.
100 years ago: Battle of Cantigny – America shows its mettle
On the morning of 28 May 1918 troops belonging to the American Expeditionary Force’s 1st Division embarked on the first full US-led offensive of the First World War at Cantigny in northern France. Although the assault was a limited one, and of comparatively minor significance in overall strategic terms for the Allies, its success was an [...]
1914-1918-online Encyclopedia
Volunteer Ambulance Services (USA)
Roads to the Great War – U.S. Air Service
The U.S. Air Service Takes Off, Part II
Roads to the Great War – U.S. Air Service
The U.S. Air Service Takes Off, Part I
Seicheprey – America’s WWI Baptism of Fire
Aerial view of Seicheprey in 1919, following the World War I fighting in April and September 1918 (Image: Wikimedia Commons) Posted on centenarynews.com 20 April 2018 On 20 April 1918 soldiers of the American Expeditionary Force engaged in their first significant military encounter of World War I at Seicheprey, near the St. [...]
The Centennial Commission – ‘Side by Side’ exhibition in Bath
America’s WWI war effort remembered in Britain at the American Museum in Bath.
Podcast – Patrick Gregory at USAHEC
Listen to Patrick Gregory's February 2018 lecture at US Army Heritage & Education Center, Carlisle PA. He shares insights into the book he co-authored: on An American on the Western Front. He also explains about the wider context of the US war effort in World War 1.
100 Years Ago: Troopship Tuscania sunk carrying US soldiers
On the night of 5 February 1918 the liner Tuscania, carrying over 2,000 US serviceman bound for Europe, was torpedoed off the coast of Northern Ireland. In the confusion which followed some 210 men perished, many of them swept to their deaths on the jagged coastline of Islay 20 miles away in western Scotland. As [...]
Video – Diplomacy and World War 1
In this webinar in the Views from the Embassy series, Patrick Gregory and other historians examine the journey taken by the USA - and its citizens - from neutrality to fighting force in World War 1.