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America's First Air-Land Battle
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Editorial Abstract: America's inaugural multisquadron fighter unit-the 1st Pursuit Group of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)-was created in May 1918. Only two months later, it fought in America 's first-ever air-land battle for the French village of Vaux. In the greater scheme of World War I, the AEF counterattack at Vaux stands as a minor action, but it is an important milestone in the history of American airpower. American forces advanced against the final German offensive of the war...
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; ... of a conventional historical narrative, the experience of troops on both sides'. The strategy is sufficiently explained with maps, although he gradually separates us from events in the outside world as Stalingrad itself was isolated from them. His emphasis ...
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