Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

The 1918 Meuse-Argonne campaign was a disaster for the US army, so journalists glamorised it

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par Tim Luckhurst, Principal of South College, Durham University

The only extended campaign American soldiers fought as an independent force during the first world war was the Meuse-Argonne offensive. Launched in late September 1918 as part of the final allied offensive on the western front, it was the largest and most deadly campaign the US army had ever fought.

Research suggests the American soldiers were inadequately trained and ineffective.…

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