Teufelhunden!: A Bibliography of the United States Marine Corps in the World War I Era

by Maj Gary Cozzens Usmcr and Gary Cozzens

When the United States declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917, there were 693 officers and 17,400 enlisted Marines on active duty serving around the world. This number is deceiving in that only three years before, in 1914, there were only a total of 10,000 officers and men serving in the Marine Corps. Congress had prudently increased the Corps' end-strength in anticipation of a war with Germany. The manpower was further increased after the declaration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1544914970
• ISBN13: 9781544914978
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"