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Why did the american troops often lose battles to much smaller forces?

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-Fighting in territory not known by the american troops so no home field avantage
-Weapons weren't as developed as countries such as germany
-Smaller forces used tactics such as camouflage in trees and bushes
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They were poorly trained and inexperienced
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