Grinding Gears: The Aef And Motor Transportation In The First World War

One significant problem that commanders of the American Expeditionary Force encountered was the use of motor transportation. The Americans faced a variety of difficulties, some of which were unavoidable; others were self-inflicted, and still others could have been avoided by closer study of the experiences of the British and French in the war. The war ended before the Americans could put the lessons they had learned about motor transportation into practice, but the experiences with motor vehicles demonstrated that these new weapons of war demanded considerable planning and organization to be effective.