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Borrowed Soldiers: Americans Under British Command, 1918 (Campaigns and Commanders) | 
| Author: Mitchell A. Yockelson
Creator: John S. D. Eisenhower
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 308
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.3
ISBN: 0806139196
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.41273
EAN: 9780806139197
ASIN: 0806139196
Publication Date: May 30, 2008
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Mitchell A. Yockelson delivers a comprehensive study of the first time American and British soldiers fought together as a coalition force--more than twenty years before D-Day. He follows the two divisions that comprised II Corps, the 27th and 30th, from the training camps of South Carolina to the bloody battlefields of Europe. Despite cultural differences, General Pershing's misgivings, and the contrast between American eagerness and British exhaustion, the untested Yanks benefited from the experience of battle-toughened Tommies. Their combined forces contributed much to the Allied victory. Featuring thirty-nine evocative photographs and nine maps, this account shows how the British and American military relationship evolved both strategically and politically. A case study of coalition warfare, Borrowed Soldiers adds significantly to our understanding of the Great War.
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 A Tour de Force August 5, 2008
In this meticulously researched and thoroughly readable volume Mitchell Yockelson has written a truly definitive account of the actions of the American II Corps in World War I. Doctor Yockelson's more than twenty years of experience as an archivist at the National Archives has uniquely equipped him for the task of bringing to light the too-long-neglected experiences of the National Guard's 27th and 30th Divisions of II Corps while deployed with and under the command of the British Fourth Army in Flanders and the Somme. Yockelson has plumbed deeply not only the primary source materials in such American repositories as the National Archives, the U.S. Army Military History Institute, and the Library of Congress, but also those materials archived in overseas repositories such as the Imperial War Museum, the National Army Museum, the Liddle Hart Centre for Military Archives, and the Australian War Museum. Enriching the text are five appendixes describing the organization of the American staff, the orders of battle of the Allied and German forces, and the comparative strengths of the American and British divisions; nine detailed maps; thirty photographs; fifty-five pages of notes and bibliography; and a comprehensive index with subheadings. I highly recommend this book both to World War I historians and to amateur and professional military historians with a more general interest in that war. Truly, a tour de force.
Interesting topic and reading June 2, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Dr. Yockelson captured the human aspect of the soldiers in this very well researched and written book. It does not read like a dissertation or a history text book. It seems more personnel and down to earth. This is the type of reading I enjoy. I would recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in the subject of WWI.
Borrowed Soldiers May 21, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Mitch Yockelson, an archivest with the National Archives, was for many years in charge of the World War document collection. His knowledge of this material as well as his considerable study of the US 27th and 30th Divisions under British command in the battles on the Hindenburg Line and the Selle River has resulted in a highly readable and enjoyable book.
For those readers interested in the American Army in WW I will want to read this book about a largely forgotten battle by two National Guard Divisions operating outside of the AEF. Yockelson has added considerably to the contemporary literature on America in the Great War. A good read.
Great Contribution to WWI History May 6, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Luckily for readers this tome does not read like most dissertations turned books. It is well researched, well written, and very enlightening. The author focuses on the 27th and 30th divisions from training in the United States and in Europe, to action as the American II Corps fighting with the British and Australians in the Ypres-Lys Offensive, the attack on the Hindenburg Line and the Selle River Campaign. The maps are outstanding. If you're interested in WWI buy this book! Hopefully there are more books from Dr. Yockelson on the way.
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