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,...
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The battle was the longest of the First World War and took place on the hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse. The German 5th Army attacked the defences of the...
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ordered the American troops to march towards Sedan and Mézières, which would lead to the Meuse–Argonne offensive. Saint-Mihiel is a town in the Meuse department...
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United States campaigns in World War I (redirect from Aisne-Marne offensive)
French tanks, mostly with American personnel; and some 820 aircraft, 600 of them flown by Americans. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive falls into three phases...
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Saint-Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in the latter part of 1918. President Woodrow Wilson initially planned to give command of the AEF to Gen. Frederick...
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Verdun (redirect from Verdun, Meuse, France)
place for 14,246 American military dead, most of whom died in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. The chapel contains a memorial to the 954 American missing whose...
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served during the Third Battle of the Aisne, the Aisne-Oise Offensive, the Aisne-Marne offensive, the Meuse–Argonne Offensive, and undertook a short time...
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Lost Battalion (World War I) (category Meuse–Argonne offensive)
areas. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began on the morning of September 26, 1918. General Evan Johnson, the commander in charge of the Argonne part of the offensive...
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The German spring offensive, also known as Kaiserschlacht ("Kaiser's Battle") or the Ludendorff offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western...
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The Battle of the Somme (French: Bataille de la Somme; German: Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a major battle of the First...
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Operation Michael (redirect from First Battle of Bapaume)
build-up of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) was complete. The German strategy for the 1918 Spring Offensive or Kaiserschlacht (Kaiser's Battle), involved...
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Charles W. Whittlesey (category Use American English from August 2019)
1921) was a United States Army Medal of Honor recipient who led the Lost Battalion in the Meuse–Argonne offensive during World War I. He committed suicide...
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Ypres Battle of St Quentin Canal Battle of the Hindenburg Line Meuse-Argonne Offensive, also called the Battle of the Argonne Forest Battle of Cambrai...
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the duration of the siege and German troops did not appear in strength before the city of Namur at the confluence of the Sambre and Meuse rivers until...
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Henry Gunther (category American people of German descent)
Like all Allied units on the front of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, it was still embroiled in fighting on the morning of November 11. The Armistice with Germany...
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80th Division (United States) (category Infantry divisions of the United States Army)
September 1917 Overseas: June 1918 Major operations: Battle of the Somme (1918), Meuse-Argonne, Battle of Saint-Mihiel. Casualties: Total-6,029. (KIA-880;...
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The Second Battle of the Marne (French: Seconde Bataille de la Marne; 15 – 18 July 1918) was the last major German offensive on the Western Front during...
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John J. Pershing (category American military personnel of the Spanish–American War)
years. For the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Pershing shifted roughly 600,000 American soldiers to the heavily defended forests of the Argonne, keeping his divisions...
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33rd Infantry Division (United States) (category Infantry divisions of the United States Army)
Front during the Battle of Amiens, the Battle of Hamel, the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, at the Second Battle of the Somme, and at the Battle of Saint-Mihiel...
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Earle Davis Gregory (category American recipients of the Legion of Honour)
1972) was an American soldier and World War I Medal of Honor recipient for his heroic actions in 1918 during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in France. Earle...
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attack during the Meuse-Argonne offensive. Also awarded the Distinguished Service Cross Marcel Riffard, aeronautics engineer and member of the 38th Artillery...
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The Battle of the Lys, also known as the Fourth Battle of Ypres, was fought from 7 to 29 April 1918 and was part of the German spring offensive in Flanders...
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89th Infantry Division (United States) (category Infantry divisions of the United States Army)
the Battle of St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Two 89th staff officers would serve together in significant roles in WWII: Division Chief of Staff...
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began with the Meuse-Argonne offensive, launched by American and French troops on 26 September. The following week, co-operating American and French units...
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Charles D. Barger (category American recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
while serving as a Chauchat automatic rifle gunner during the Meuse–Argonne offensive, when he and another soldier, Jesse N. Funk, entered no man's land...
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First Army Air Service (category Use American English from July 2015)
left of the 1st Army. For the Argonne-Meuse offensive, the 1st Pursuit Group was allotted the rather new task of combating enemy battle flights and of destroying...
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314th Infantry Regiment (United States) (category Use American English from June 2015)
training until September 1918, then took part in the Meuse Argonne Offensive. Capturing the town of Malancourt on 26 September 1918, they assisted the 313th...
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305th Infantry Regiment (United States) (category Infantry regiments of the United States Army)
Retrieved 9 May 2021. Historical Division, Dept of the Army (1992). "US Forces in Meuse-Argonne Offensive 29 September – 11 November 1918" (PDF). Fort Leavenworth...
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79th Infantry Division (United States) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Army Center of Military History)
Command. Activated: August 1917 Overseas: July 1918 Major operations: Meuse-Argonne Casualties: Total-6,874 (KIA-1,151; WIA-5,723) Commanders: Maj. Gen...
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The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) is an independent agency of the United States government that administers, operates, and maintains permanent...
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