re: Quotes From Germans About American Troops After World War I

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The American army in WWI was not up to the standards of our European counterparts. The Europeans had been fighting a stalemate in the trenches for 3 years when America finally sent troops.

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You're correct, at least to a point. The AEF (American Expeditionary Force) sent to Europe was woefully trained and equipped when it first began arriving in France in 1917. However, by the time of the big German offensives of 1918, these deficiencies had been rectified and the Americsn Army had grown into a potent force on the battlefield.