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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).
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.
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 ...
The Battle of Flirey (French: 1re Bataille de Flirey) took place in the First World War and was fought from 19 September to 11 October 1914. The German Army defeated the French . The battle cut most of the roads and railways to the Fortified Region of Verdun ( Région Fortifiée de Verdun [RFV]) and had a considerable effect on the rest of the ...
The French artillery caused so many casualties that the Germans decided to attack southwards along the left bank of the river simultaneously to capture Le Mort Homme and its neighbouring hills. Over the next few months, the Germans made repeated attacks, pounding the French lines, rushing their positions and ejecting the French from their ...
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During World War 1, Vauquois was the site of violent mine warfare, [3] also in connection with the Battle of Verdun (1916). From 1915 to 1918, French and German tunneling units fired 519 separate mines at Vauquois, and the German gallery network beneath the village hill (the Butte de Vauquois ) grew to a length of 17 kilometres (11 mi).
The Battle of Canal du Nord was part of the Hundred Days Offensive of the First World War by the Allies against German positions on the Western Front.The battle took place in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, along an incomplete portion of the Canal du Nord and on the outskirts of Cambrai between 27 September and 1 October 1918.