AEF

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The American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) were the United States military formations sent to Europe under General John J. Pershing during World War I, playing a crucial role in the final Allied offensives.

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AEF canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army field force ⓘ
military formation ⓘ
alliance Allies of World War I ⓘ
alsoKnownAs AEF ⓘ
branch air service ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
engineers ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
medical corps ⓘ
casualtiesKilled over 50,000 battle deaths ⓘ
casualtiesTotal over 300,000 total casualties ⓘ
commander John J. Pershing ⓘ
commanderRank General ⓘ
component American First Army ⓘ
linked to: U.S. 1st Army

American Second Army ⓘ
American Third Army ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
contribution provided fresh troops that helped tip the balance in favor of the Allies in 1918 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
demobilizationLocation United States ⓘ
disbandmentYear 1919 ⓘ
engagement Aisne-Marne Offensive ⓘ
Battle of Cantigny ⓘ
Battle of Saint-Mihiel ⓘ
Château-Thierry sector operations ⓘ
Meuse-Argonne Offensive ⓘ
Oise-Aisne Offensive ⓘ
Second Battle of the Marne ⓘ
Somme Offensive (1918) ⓘ
formationYear 1917 ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked the first large-scale deployment of U.S. forces to a European war ⓘ
legalBasis United States declaration of war on Germany in April 1917 ⓘ
logisticalBase Ports of Brest, Saint-Nazaire, and Bordeaux ⓘ
notablePolicy insistence on maintaining an independent American army under U.S. command ⓘ
notableUnit 1st Infantry Division ⓘ
2nd Infantry Division ⓘ
42nd Infantry Division (Rainbow Division) ⓘ
93rd Infantry Division (African American units attached to French Army) ⓘ
opponent Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
peakStrength over 2,000,000 soldiers ⓘ
primaryMission support Allied forces on the Western Front ⓘ
subordinateTo United States Army ⓘ
United States Department of War ⓘ
supremeAlliedCommanderRelationship cooperated with but remained distinct from forces under Ferdinand Foch ⓘ
theater European Theater of World War I ⓘ
trainingLocation France ⓘ
United States ⓘ

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