To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918

To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918Description by Edward G. Lengel Paperback The authoritative, dramatic, and previously untold story of the bloodiest battle in American history On September 26, 1918, more than one million American soldiers prepared to assault the German held Meuse Argonne region of France. Their commander, General John J. Pershing, said that in thirty six hours the doughboys would crack the German defenses and open the road to Berlin. Six weeks of savage fighting

and Colonels Douglas MacArthur and George Patton

Interweaving personal stories with historical photos and background

The first years of the Great War were dismal for the Russians

And she was a girl

This is especially true of the history of the Great War

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But the officer is the spitting image of G B Bretherton

the fifteen-mile-long territory erupted into the epicenter of the Great War

General readers and history buffs alike have made bestsellers of books like A History of the World in 100 Objects

conducted 183 interviews with British World War I veterans

effected the capture of 132 others

who noticed many of the early signs that something was stirring in Europe