The Hunt for Pancho Villa - The Columbus Raid and Pershing's Punitive Expedition 1916-17

Informationen zum Autor Alejandro de Quesada is a Florida-based military history writer, an experienced researcher and collector of militaria, photos and documents, who runs an archive and historical consultancy for museums and films as a secondary business. He has written over 100 articles and over 25 books, including several for Osprey, and is a leading authority on Latin American subjects. Klappentext On March 9, 1916, troops under the command of Pancho Villa attacked Columbus, New Mexico and its local detachment of the US 13th Cavalry Regiment, killing 18 people and burning the town. Six days later, on orders from President Woodrow Wilson, General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing led an expeditionary force of 4,800 men into Mexico to capture Villa. What followed was a series of skirmishes, battles, and chases through the wild and uncharted Mexican countryside. While the Americans failed in their ultimate purpose of catching Villa, they did kill two of his top lieutenants. This book charts the progress of the entire enterprise, covering the dusty marches and the bitter gunfights in the streets of small border towns, analyzing the successes and failures of this unique military expedition.The complete story of Pancho Villa's raid into the United States, and the US Army expedition sent to hunt him down. Zusammenfassung On March 9! 1916! troops under the command of Pancho Villa attacked Columbus! New Mexico and its local detachment of the US 13th Cavalry Regiment! killing 18 people and burning the town. Six days later! on orders from President Woodrow Wilson! General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing led an expeditionary force of 4!800 men into Mexico to capture Villa. What followed was a series of skirmishes! battles! and chases through the wild and uncharted Mexican countryside. While the Americans failed in their ultimate purpose of catching Villa! they did kill two of his top lieutenants. This book charts the progress of the entire enterprise! covering the dusty marches and the bitter gunfights in the streets of small border towns! analyzing the successes and failures of this unique military expedition. ...

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• Authors: Alejandro de Quesada, Alejandro M. De Quesada, Alejandro Quesada, Alejandro De Quesada
• Assisted by: Peter Dennis (Illustration), Johnny Shumate (Illustration), Shumate Johnny (Illustration), Donato Spedaliere (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.03.2012
• EAN: 9781849085687
• ISBN: 978-1-84908-568-7
• No. of pages: 80
• Series: Raid; Raid
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Mexico, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico, Warfare & defence, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, United States of America, USA, c 1910 to c 1919, History of the Americas, Modern warfare, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions, Central American History; South American History