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  2. Meuse–Argonne offensive - Wikipedia

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    The Meuse–Argonne battle was the largest frontline commitment of troops by the U.S. Army in World War I, and also its deadliest. Command was coordinated, with some U.S. troops (e.g. the Buffalo Soldiers of the 92nd Division and the 93rd Division ) attached and serving under French command (e.g. XVII Corps during the second phase).

  3. Fort Douaumont - Wikipedia

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    Limits of German advance as at 26 February and 6 September 1916 are black lines, the river Meuse, flowing to the north, is the blue line at left. Fort Douaumont ( French : Fort de Douaumont , pronounced [fɔʁ də dwomɔ̃] ) was the largest and highest fort on the ring of 19 large defensive works which had protected the city of Verdun , France ...

  4. Battle of Verdun - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Verdun (French: Bataille de Verdun [bataj də vɛʁdœ̃]; German: Schlacht um Verdun [ʃlaxt ʔʊm ˈvɛɐ̯dœ̃]) was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took place on the hills north of Verdun.

  5. Fort Vaux - Wikipedia

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    Vaux was the second fort to fall in the Battle of Verdun after Fort Douaumont, which was captured by a small German raiding party in February 1916 in the confusion of the French retreat from the Woëvre plain. Vaux had been modernised before 1914 with reinforced concrete top protection like Fort Douaumont and was not destroyed by German heavy ...

  6. United States campaigns in World War I - Wikipedia

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    General Pershing authorized the results of the Meuse-Argonne Campaign, the greatest battle in American history up to that time, in his Final Report: "Between 26 September and 11 November, 22 American and 4 French divisions, on the front extending from southeast of Verdun to the Argonne Forest, had engaged and decisively beaten 47 different ...

  7. Verdun - Wikipedia

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    Aerial photograph of Fort Douaumont towards the end of 1916. Verdun was the site of a major battle, the longest-lasting of the First World War. [14] One of the costliest battles in military history, Verdun exemplified the policy of a war of attrition pursued by both sides, which led to an enormous loss of life and very long casualty lists. [15]

  8. Thousands of bones and hundreds of weapons reveal grisly ...

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    A new analysis of arrowheads at a Bronze Age site in Germany shows that local warriors clashed with an army from the south 3,250 years ago. Thousands of bones and hundreds of weapons reveal grisly ...

  9. Battle of the Canal du Nord - Wikipedia

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    To the south, the First United States Army and French Fourth Army would mount the Meuse-Argonne Offensive between Reims and Verdun, moving along the Meuse River and through the Argonne Forest. [2] The Canal du Nord defensive system was the Germans' last major prepared defensive position opposite the British First Army. [12]