John Pershing Thesis

What is one topic that most history classes discuss? Most history classes discuss World War I. World War I started July 28, 1914 and ended on November 11, 1918. This war was between the Allies and the Central Powers. The Allies had a mix of France, Great Britain, Italy, Russia, and later the United States. The Central Power had a team of Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and Turkey. In this war, there was a general named John Joseph Pershing known as “Black Jack”. He was a part of historical military campaigns such as the fight against Pancho Villa and the Battle of San Juan Hill. World War I is where General Pershing really became remembered in American History. John Joseph Pershing was born on September 13, 1860 in a little town near Laclede, Linn County, Missouri (“John J”1). He was the first child for his father John Pershing and his mother Ann Pershing (“John J.”1). He was the oldest out of eight siblings, but only five siblings lived to adulthood (“John J.”1). John’s siblings that lived to adulthood were Grace, May, James, Ward, and …show more content…
Pershing became a part of this war by being assigned as commander of the American Expeditionary Forces, which President Woodrow Wilson assigned him (Gerald 2). While as commander of an important force, Pershing went against many challenges (“John J.”5). A challenge he faced was the United States standing army grew from a little less than 130,000 men to 2,000,000 in just eight months (“John J.”5). He also had to make a large amount of decisions that could affect his troops (“John J.”6). Some decisions he had to make as commander were such as how large the American Expeditionary Forces should grow, how to organize supplies, where they should fight at in Europe, and when his troops would be ready for combat (“John J.”6) Even though he had many decisions to make, Pershing was confident in each and every decision he made (“John