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The Meuse–Argonne offensive was the largest in United States military history, involving 1.2 million French, Siamese, and American soldiers, sailors and marines. It is also the deadliest campaign in the history of the United States Army , [ 7 ] resulting in over 350,000 casualties, including 28,000 German lives, 26,277 American lives and an ...
Map of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. This is the order of battle for the American Expeditionary Force at the beginning and end of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive , September 26 to November 11, 1918. Beginning of the battle (September 26, 1918)
The Meuse-Argonne Offensive falls into three phases. During the initial phase (26 September – 3 October), the First Army advanced through most of the southern Meuse-Argonne region, captured enemy strong points, seized the first two German defense lines, and then stalled before the third line.
"MEUSE HEIGHTS, BARRICOURT HEIGHTS, ROMAGNE HEIGHTS AND ARGONNE FOREST" The monument vestibule contains an account of the battle and a map of the Meuse Argonne offensive in polished marble. There is also the text of a tribute by American General John J. Pershing to his soldiers. The wall surrounding the main terrace lists the divisions in the ...
The Allied advance, later known as the Hundred Days Offensive, entered a new stage on 28 September, when a massive United States and French attack opened the Meuse–Argonne offensive, while to the north, the British were poised to assault at the St Quentin Canal, threatening a giant pincer movement.
The Hundred Days Offensive (8 August to 11 November 1918) was a series of massive Allied offensives that ended the First World War.Beginning with the Battle of Amiens (8–12 August) on the Western Front, the Allies pushed the Imperial German Army back, undoing its gains from the German spring offensive (21 March – 18 July).
General Robert Alexander studying reconnaissance data with his aides near Varennes-en-Argonne in October 1918. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began on the morning of 26 September 1918. General Evan Johnson, the commander in charge of the Argonne part of the offensive, had a "no retreat" command for his divisions:
The Meuse-Argonne American Memorial (Montfaucon American Monument; French: Monument Américain de Montfaucon) is an American World War I memorial commemorating "the brilliant victory of the American First Army in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, September 26 – November 11, 1918, and pays tribute to the previous heroic services of the Armies of France on the important battle front upon which the ...