F2744C - The A.E.F. and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive
4 Sessions | Registration opens 9/24/2025 10:00 AM MST (Arizona)
The U.S. Army was unprepared for the conflict when it declared war on Germany in April 1917. This study illustrates how the A.E.F. evolved from a small peacetime army of 133,000 to a force of over 4 million men by November 1918. How it prepared, trained, learned lessons, and operated both tactically and strategically. The main A.E.F. offensive (Meuse-Argonne) will be analyzed as well as the entire pivotal year of 1918.
Chris Lawrence
I am currently a full-time Supply Chain Manager, Husband, Dad, and a part-time writer. I have a passion for history and have always wanted to write about it. I have my master's degree in military history and I wrote and self-published my first book, A Bitter Lesson, on the study of the American Army in the First World War. I currently write mainly on my Substack page @chrislawrence1 and research