No Amalgamation — Pershing's Line in the Sand | Gauge #America250

Ajouté : 2026-06-07

[00:00:00]The French wanted American replacements.

[00:00:03]The British wanted American battalions folded into their divisions.

[00:00:07]General Pershing said no. No amalgamation. That was his line.

[00:00:12]The allies were bleeding out. Three years of trench warfare had gutted their ranks. They didn't want an American army. They wanted American bodies to fill their own.

[00:00:23]Pershing refused. American troops would fight as an independent force under American command.

[00:00:29]The AEF fights as Americans or not at all.

[00:00:32]It nearly ended the alliance.

[00:00:35]But he held.

[00:00:36]Uncle Bradic, call me Gage. Let's remember together, always.