A group of 14 were brought in one day and when asked about their units refused to talk. “The Americans were what might be called bad prisoners. Karl Diehl of Selters On Americans as Prisoners of Warħ. “The accuracy of American artillery fire…could have been considerably improved upon.” “ had been told by other soldiers that the American infantryman was reckless to the point of foolishness."Ħ. “There were only a handful of Americans there but they fought like wildmen."ĥ. But since our troops have been in action the opinion has changed, and he says that though Germany is at present a defeated nation, he believes that they would be victors in a war with any nation in the world with the exemption of the United States.”Ĥ. “The prevailing opinion in Germany before our entry into war, was, that American was a money hunting nation, too engrossed in the hunt of the dollar to produce a strong military force. “Americans are good fighters with nerve and recklessness.”ģ. Einem, commander of the Third German ArmyĢ. I therefore honor you, and, now that the war is over, I stand ready, for my part, to accept you as a friend.” You have also been the bravest of our enemies and in fact the only ones who have attacked us seriously in this year’s battles. I have found your American Army the most honorable of all our enemies. All told in this war I have participated in more than 80 battles. “I fought in campaigns against the Russian Army, the Serbian Army, the Roumanian Army, the British Army, the French Army, and the American Army.
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