World War I

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Netpackrat
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Re: World War I

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randy wrote:I seriously doubt the Germans expected any sort of successful operations from the Mexican government. Probably the best they hoped for was stirring up enough trouble on our southern border to distract us and tie up troops and logistics support that could be sent to Europe.
Given the timing of the Punitive Expedition into Mexico, in context it might be viewed as an effort aimed at keeping US troops and logistics distracted at the southern border.
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Re: World War I

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Netpackrat wrote:
randy wrote:I seriously doubt the Germans expected any sort of successful operations from the Mexican government. Probably the best they hoped for was stirring up enough trouble on our southern border to distract us and tie up troops and logistics support that could be sent to Europe.
Given the timing of the Punitive Expedition into Mexico, in context it might be viewed as an effort aimed at keeping US troops and logistics distracted at the southern border.
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