Flames of War: Great War: Brett's Brawlers American Army Deal

When the United Stated finally went to war in April of 1917 its Army was not prepared to meet the challenges that awaited it on the battlefields of Europe. What America did have, which the rest of their allies lacked, was a source of manpower that seemed inexhaustible. Under the command of General John ‘Black Jack’ Pershing, the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) raised an army of over 4 million men and was able to get half of that number sent to France by the time the war ended. The lack of suitable materiel was solved by borrowing heavy weapons and artillery from the French and British, who also trained their new allies in the ways of modern trench warfare. The Americans finally got into the fight in October of 1917 seeing action all over the Western Front, and notably helped stop the final German offensive from reaching Paris in the battles of Château-Thierry and Belleau Wood in the summer of 1918. After the success of the Americans in these battles, Pershing lobbied hard for the AEF to be an independent American command in the field as opposed to being broken up and given piecemeal to the French and British armies as manpower to bolster worn out units already in the front line. Having won his fight for a separate force, Pershing led the AEF into the offenses of Saint-Mihiel, and the hard fought Meuse-Argonne campaign. The influx of the fresh AEF came about just as the manpower of the Allies was nearly drained, it greatly contributed to the defeat of Imperial Germany. THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS: 2x metal Browning Pistol Teams 2x metal Rifle Half-Platoons which contain: 5x Springfield Rifle Teams 2x VB Rifle Grenade Teams 2x Chauchat MG Teams 1x Flame-thrower Team 1x 37mm mle 1916 Team 4x metal Hotchkiss HMG Teams 2x metal 76mm Stokes Trench Mortars 1x metal 75mm Field Gun 1x metal and resin Char Saint Chamond Tank 2x metal and resin Renault FT-17 Tanks 1x metal Sniper --- These miniatures are supplied unassembled and unpainted