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Legend

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Meuse-Argonne - The Battle That Ended WWI . . . .
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Yes, that's what I thought.

 

The synopsis makes interesting reading: http://www.amazon.com/Conquer-Hell-Meuse-Argonne-Battle-Ended/dp/0805089152



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It says:

"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 later, the battle finally ended with the signing of the armistice that concluded the First World War. The Meuse-Argonne had fallen at the cost of more than 120,000 American casualties, including 26,000 dead. In the bloodiest battle the country had ever seen, an entire generation of young Americans had been transformed forever."

I dont think he got that quite right.


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