Название: Thunder in the Argonne: A New History of America's Greatest Battle
Автор: Douglas V. Mastriano
Издательство: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813175550
Год: 2018
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 441
Для сайта: litgu.ru
Размер: 34,7 МБ
Язык: Английский
In July 1918, sensing that the German Army had lost crucial momentum, Supreme Allied Commander Ferdinand Foch saw an opportunity to end the First World War. In drafting his plans for a final grand offensive, he assigned the most difficult sector?the dense Argonne forest and the vast Meuse River valley?to the American Expeditionary Forces under General John J. Pershing. There, the Doughboys faced thickly defended German lines with terrain deemed impossible to fight through. From September 26 through the November 11 armistice, US forces suffered more than 20,000 casualties a week, but the Allies ultimately prevailed in a decisive victory that helped to end the Great War.