Thunder in the Argonne : a new history of America's greatest battle /
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 v...
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| Language: | English |
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Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky,
2018
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| Series: | Battles & campaigns.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The War That Changed the World; 2 The German Attack of 1914 to the Crisis of 1918; 3 Dithering, Dreaming, and Speechmaking; 4 The Plan for Victory; 5 St. Mihiel; 6 Meuse-Argonne; 7 The Americans Attack!; 8 Grinding to a Halt in the Argonne; 9 Stalling in the Meuse Valley; 10 Securing Montfaucon and the Center of the Meuse Valley; 11 Stagnation and Stalemate; 12 The Siege of the Lost Battalion; 13 Alvin York; 14 Cracking the Siegfried Line; 15 The Battle for the Siegfried Line Continues; 16 Falling Short of Glory; 17 Maintaining the Initiative.
- 18 Planning for the Last Grand Push19 Heaven, Hell or Hoboken; 20 Mad Dash to Sedan; 21 The End of the War; 22 Aftermath and Commemoration; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
