currently down which is something that can be used very effectively in the art of war. In World War One we used this tactic again by entering the war when the enemy was already being threatened and attacked. By applying the lessons used in past wars, it allowed us to successfully navigate through future conflicts and battles.
Question Two- What did the Army learn from the Meuse-Argonne Campaign? What should it have learned? How did its lessons learned correspond to lessons learned on its battlefields in previous conflicts? While the Meuse-Argonne Conflict may have been one of the bloodiest battles in our history of war, this battle brought forward so many positives and demonstrated many improvements that our Army has made since its inception. This battle combined many lessons that we had learned in the past and gave us the opportunity to really show the world what we have. During this battle, the United States Army learned a lot of lessons based on tactics and military decision making on the battlefield that would eventually lead them
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In the past, the commanders and generals had to be on the ground trying to get their own vantage point on the war so that they could make their next tactical decision. With the development in communications via radios and the advantage of being in an urban war where runners could spread information rapidly, this allowed the commanders and other individuals higher up in the chain of command to make more informed decisions and maneuver their chess pieces on the battle field from afar if you will. One of the biggest overarching problems that the United States forces had to deal with from the day we decided to go to war, to the day it was over, was the inadequate training that our Soldiers arrived to Europe with. We did try to correct this problem once we had boots on the ground,