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The Punitive Proving Ground: How US Intervention in Mexico Readied the Nation For WWI
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The Punitive Proving Ground: How US Intervention in Mexico Readied the Nation For WWI
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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Video recordings
URI / Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/1961/muislandora:3030
Geographic Subject
Mexico
Created
2016-01-01T00:00:00Z
Abstract
In the early morning hours of March 9, 1916 one of the most often forgotten but important and brazen attacks on the American nation occurred. This attack occurred in the small town of Columbus New Mexico, and was carried out by nearly 500 raiders from across the border. Americans were stunned at this brazen attack. These particular raiders were part of a band of revolutionaries fighting in the Mexican Revolution, under the command of the dashing villain, Pancho Villa. President Woodrow Wilson vowed “vengeance” and sent United States troops into Mexico to apprehend Villa. While the “Punitive Expedition” led by General Blackjack Pershing would capture several key Villa lieutenants, it would not capture Villa himself, and would be considered by many to be a failure. A good student always learns from their mistakes, and the US Army learned quite a bit from the expedition of 1916. Due to the new logistical issues being faced (including the vast expanse and large distances of territory, no reliability for the few railroads, no space for horses), the United States Army was forced to come up with a (then) radical solution, in the form of utilizing new technology and in the process revolutionized land warfare. The primary objective of the mission might have been a failure, but the Expedition taught the US many important lessons. General John Pershing’s decision to mechanize the United States army was excellent in preparing the military for future United States Wars-including the already beginning WWI.
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