Forty-seven Days
How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I
New York, New York : NAL Caliber/New American Library, [2016]
Format: Book
Description: ix, 390 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
The Battle of the Meuse-Argonne is the deadliest clash in American history: more than a million untested American soldiers went up against a better-trained and experienced German army, resulting in more than twenty-six thousand deaths and leaving nearly a hundred thousand wounded. Yet in forty-seven days of intense combat, these Americans forced the Germans to surrender, bringing the First World War to an end. Historian Mitchell Yockelson tells how General John J. ((٣Pershing�s exemplary leadership led to the unlikeliest of victories.
Contents:
Black Jack -- First Army is born -- St. Mihiel -- Preparing for America's greatest battle -- On with the battle -- Advance! -- Behind the lines -- No progress -- Fighting in the Argonne -- There is much fighting ahead -- Regrouping First Army -- Resuming the attack -- Now we are making headway -- The end is near -- First Army has come of age -- The battle will be over today.
Subjects:
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces.
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918.
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces.
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918.
ISBN:
9780451466952
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War WWI Campaigns Yoc | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY War WWI Campaigns Yoc | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 6/6/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-379) and index.