133: Heading “Over There:” “Black Jack” Pershing & Creating WWI’s American Expeditionary Force
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The Importance of Amalgamation
Blackjack: I speak for the United States government and for myself when I say that we look forward to a time when the United States will have its own army. David Lloyd George quickly agrees it would be unreasonable and impotent on our pod to treat American troops as drafts for the British army, but proving himself worthy of his nickname, the Welsh Wizard. He then pivots to pitch immediate amalgamation within American army being a good long-term goal. We are, however, now fighting what is probably the decisive battle of the war,. The impasse continues, frustrated, felt in unfortunate, gets hypothetical.
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