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Intro -- Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The Framework of French Doctrine -- Chapter 2. An Army of Reservists -- Chapter 3. The Defense of the Frontiers -- Chapter 4. The Legacy of the Past -- Chapter 5. Firepower and the Methodical Battle -- Chapter 6. Institutions and Doctrine -- Chapter 7. The Development of the Tank -- Chapter 8. The Creation of Large Armored Units -- Chapter 9. Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Other Titles in the Series -- Back Cover -- Discover More.

Le 250 e bataillon d'artillerie de l'armée américaine a été entraîné à Paris, au Texas, et a débarqué à la fin juillet 1944 sur la plage de Utah. Au début août, le bataillon devait constituer le support d'artillerie de la 2e division blindée française dans la bataille de Falaise puis couvrir son avancée en direction du Mans et de Strasbourg. Le bataillon fut récompensé par les Français : les soldats reçurent 20 Croix de guerre et furent autorisés à porter la fourragère aux couleurs de la Croix de guerre. Après la guerre, les vétérans des deux unités restèrent longtemps en contact.

In August 1914, General Joseph Joffre controlled the design and
execution of French strategy. After concentrating the French army
on the northeast frontier in the opening days of the war, he waited
until after the Germans began their advance to complete the design of
his strategy and did not fully inform his political superiors or his
military subordinates until he published General Instructions No. 1
on 8 August. As Joffre implemented his strategy, he complied with the
provisions of the Franco-Russian alliance by attacking into Alsace and
Lorraine, but he sent his main thrust through central Belgium toward
Neufch�teau and Arlon where he hoped to avoid the powerful enemy
force driving toward his left and strike the enemy's less dense, more
vulnerable center. French strategy in 1914 was Joffre's own.