Map of United States troop sailings from Canada and the United States to Great Britain, France, and Italy. Over 2,000,000 Americans sailed, divided roughly equally between Britain and France.
"The following recommendations are made on the assumption that at least 250,000 men can be transported in each of the months of June and July by the employment of combined British and American tonnage. We recommend:(a) For the month of June: (1) Absolute priority shall be given to the transportation of 170,000 combatant troops (viz., six divisions without artillery, ammunition trains, or supply trains, amounting to 126,000 men and 44,000 replacements for combat troops); (2) 25,400 men for the service of the railways, of which 13,400 have been asked for by the French Minister of Transportation; (3) the balance to be troops of categories to be determined by the Commander-in-Chief, American Expeditionary Forces.(b) For the month of July: (1) Absolute priority for the shipment of 140,000 combatant troops of the nature defined above . . ."
Excerpt from a report by American Commander-in-Chief General John J. Pershing on the June 5, 1918 agreement between Allied Commander-in-Chief Ferdinand Foch, Lord Alfred Milner, member of the British War Cabinet, and Pershing. In urgent need of troops after three German offensives since March 21, the British cut their transport of food to the United Kingdom. Pershing, who had been building an American Army in preparation for 1919 offensives, cut his transport of materiel in order to delivery men. His troops would use tanks, planes, and other weapons provided by his allies.
The Great Events of the Great War in Seven Volumes by Charles F. Horne, Vol. VI, 1918, pp. 188–189, copyright © 1920 by The National Alumnia, publisher: The National Alumni, publication date: 1920
1918-06-05, 1918, June, Foch, Milner, Pershing, American troop sailings map
