The Turn Of The Tide American Operations At Cantigny Château Thierry And The Second Battle Of The Marne Classic Reprint

Author : Jennings C. Wise
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1330801318

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The Turn of the Tide, American Operations at Cantigny, Cha^teau Thierry, and the Second Battle of the Marne (Classic Reprint) by Jennings C. Wise Pdf

Excerpt from The Turn of the Tide, American Operations at Cantigny, Cha teau Thierry, and the Second Battle of the Marne Furthermore, I had the great honor and good fortune to be attached to the French and British Armies in the Vosges and Flanders, respectively, before engaging in campaign with my own command, and later of serving with my own command while attached to the British Army in Picardy. The experience of the War thus gained, coupled with that of an active participation in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne campaigns, enabled me, I believe, to acquire a broader viewpoint than I might have had with more restricted opportunities. In justice to our gallant and indomitable Allies who bore the brunt of the War and denied the Central Allies the ultimate victory while we were preparing to assist in attaining it, I have been careful to avoid the all too common error of overrating our physical contribution to the result. However great the moral effect of our participation in the fighting on the Marne may have been, and it is hard to overestimate that effect, the time has come when in justice to ourselves as well as to our Allies we should view the events of the War sanely, and endeavor to see them in their true perspective. Surely the truth is glorious enough, and there is no cause for our pride to suffer at its telling. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117296603

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Reedy's Mirror by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Books
ISBN : OSU:32435022190284

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New York Times Saturday Review of Books and Art by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michelin Guides
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781505670

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The Americans in the Great War - Vol I by Michelin Guides Pdf

Volume I of III This admirable account of the part played by the American army on the Western Front is in three volumes. This first volume is concerned with the Second Battle of the Marne covering the period May-August 1918 and the first forty or so pages provides an historical background to the fighting, supported by good, clear maps and interesting photographs. The rest of the book is taken up with a three-day battlefield tour with a map for each day, taking in Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood, Soissons, Fismes and all places of interest in between with an account of any actions. The tour ends back in Paris.

Author : David Bonk
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782004141

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Château Thierry & Belleau Wood 1918 by David Bonk Pdf

In May and June 1918 the newly arrived American Expeditionary Force fought two actions that helped defeat the last German offensive of World War I. At Château Thierry a combined French and American force stopped the Germans from crossing the Marne River. Building on this success the US 2nd Division stopped the German advance on Paris and were given the task of recapturing Belleau Wood. First-hand accounts, photographs, and detailed maps dramatically bring to life these key battles, America's baptism of fire in World War I.

Author : Army War College (U.S.). Historical Section,United States. War Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : Aisne, Battle of the, France, 1918
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122873610

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The Aisne and Montdidier-Noyon Operations by Army War College (U.S.). Historical Section,United States. War Department Pdf

Author : Mark E. Grotelueschen
Publisher : U.S. Army Campaigns of World W
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0160946476

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Into the Fight, April-June 1918 by Mark E. Grotelueschen Pdf

Into the Fight, April-June 1918, is the fourth installment of the U.S. Army Campaigns of World War I series, covering the American Expeditionary Forces- role in countering the German spring offensives of March-June 1918. The arrival of the American forces on the Western Front in early 1918 coincided with a series of major German pushes intended to break through the Allied lines. The crisis of the German offensives provided an opening for multiple American divisions to enter the lines. They worked with British and French units to resist the German advances, took command of their own sectors of the front, and increasingly engaged in their own offensive operations. The narrative of this volume spans the brutal fighting at Cantigny, Château-Thierry, Belleau Wood, and Vaux, where the inexperienced and untried American soldiers and marines received their first exposure to the grim realities of combat. Yet as the actions of these early campaigns show, both allies and enemies soon learned that the Americans who reached the front in the spring of 1918 were willing and able to fight with the grit and determination needed to achieve victory. Related products: World War I resources collection The Legacy of Belleau Wood: 100 Years of Making Marines and Winning Battles, An Anthology Other products produced by the United States Army, Center of Military History(CMH)

Author : Otto H. Kahn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1918
Category : Aisne, Battle of the, France, 1918
ISBN : UOM:39015039349256

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When the Tide Turned by Otto H. Kahn Pdf

Author : Patrick Takle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 1473834228

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Nine Divisions in Champagne by Patrick Takle Pdf

The book explains how the Allies sank their differences and came together to turn the tide against the German Army in the summer of 1918. Although it is a detailed history of the fighting by British divisions, it also highlights the growing presence of American forces and their huge contribution to victory. The book deliberately binds together the

Author : Frederick Palmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : PSU:000043679126

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America in France by Frederick Palmer Pdf

Author : Stephen McGeorge,Mason Watson,United States Army
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1097529355

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The Marne 15 July - 6 August 1918 by Stephen McGeorge,Mason Watson,United States Army Pdf

A century ago, the great powers of Europe became engulfed in what was then called the Great War. It signaled a new age in armed conflict in which mass armies supported by industrial mass production brought an unprecedented level of killing power to the battlefield. By the time the United States entered the war in 1917, the combatants were waging war on a scale never before seen in history. The experience defined a generation and cast a long shadow across the twentieth century. In addition to a tremendous loss of life, the war shattered Europe, bringing revolution, the collapse of long-standing empires, and economic turmoil, as well as the birth of new nation-states and the rise of totalitarian movements.The modern U.S. Army, capable of conducting industrialized warfare on a global scale, can trace its roots to the World War. Although the war's outbreak in August 1914 shocked most Americans, they preferred to keep the conflict at arm's length. The United States declared its neutrality and invested in coastal defenses and the Navy to guard its shores. The U.S. Army, meanwhile, remained small, with a regiment as its largest standing formation. Primarily a constabulary force, it focused on policing America's new territorial possessions in the Caribbean and Pacific as it continued to adapt to Secretary of War Elihu Root's reforms in the years following the War with Spain. It was not until June 1916 that Congress authorized an expansion of the Army, dual state-federal status for the National Guard, and the creation of a reserve officer training corps.In early 1917, relations between the United States and Germany rapidly deteriorated. The kaiser's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare threatened American lives and commerce, and German meddling in Mexican affairs convinced most Americans that Berlin posed a danger to the nation. In April 1917, the president, out of diplomatic options, asked Congress to declare war on Germany. But the U.S. Army, numbering only 133,000 men, was far from ready. The president ordered nearly 400,000 National Guardsmen into federal service, and more than twenty-four million men eventually registered for the Selective Service, America's first conscription since the Civil War. By the end of 1918, the Army had grown to four million men and had trained 200,000 new officers to lead them. As it expanded to address wartime needs, the Army developed a new combined-arms formation-the square division. Divisions fell under corps, and corps made up field armies. The Army also created supporting elements such as the Air Service, the Tank Corps, and the Chemical Warfare Service. The war signaled the potential of the United States as not only a global economic power, but also a military one.The United States will never forget the American soldiers who fought and died in the World War. America's first unknown soldier was laid to rest on 11 November 1921 in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, where soldiers still stand guard. The United States created permanent American military cemeteries in France, Belgium, and Britain to bury the fallen. To this day, memorials to their sacrifice can be found across America, and the date of the armistice has become a national holiday honoring all those who serve in defense of the nation. The last surviving U.S. Army veteran of the war died in 2011. It is to all the doughboys, those who returned and those who did not, that the U.S. Army Center of Military History dedicates these commemorative pamphlets.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : United States
ISBN : UOM:39015087420959

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American Military History, Volume II by Anonim Pdf

From the Publisher: This latest edition of an official U.S. Government military history classic provides an authoritative historical survey of the organization and accomplishments of the United States Army. This scholarly yet readable book is designed to inculcate an awareness of our nation's military past and to demonstrate that the study of military history is an essential ingredient in leadership development. It is also an essential addition to any personal military history library.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211182758

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United States Army in the World War, 1917-1919 by Anonim Pdf

A seventeen-volume compilation of selected AEF records gathered by Army historians during the interwar years. This collection in no way represents an exhaustive record of the Army's months in France, but it is certainly worthy of serious consideration and thoughtful review by students of military history and strategegy and will serve as a useful jumping off point for any earnest scholarship on the war. --from Foreword by William A Stofft.

Author : George Catlett Marshall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015013287498

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Memoirs of My Services in the World War, 1917-1918 by George Catlett Marshall Pdf

George C. Marshall was an American military leader, Chief of Staff of the Army, Secretary of State, and the third Secretary of Defense. Once noted as the "organizer of victory" by Winston Churchill for his leadership of the Allied victory in World War II, Marshall served as the United States Army Chief of Staff during the war and as the chief military adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. As Secretary of State, his name was given to the Marshall Plan, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953. He drafted this manuscript while he was in Washington, D.C., between 1919 and 1924 as aide-de-camp to General of the Armies John J. Pershing. However, given the growing bitterness of the "memoirs wars" of the period he decided against publication, and the draft sat unused until the 1970s when Marshall's step-daughter and her husband decided to publish it.

Author : Henry L. Fox
Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781398817678

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What the 'Boys' Did Over There by Henry L. Fox Pdf

That is my story, and if I had to go through it again, I would do it gladly for my country and the flag.' In this fascinating collection you will find more than 20 personal accounts of World War I from those who experienced it themselves. These stories range from accounts of life in the trenches to the terrifying ordeals of going 'over the top' to the sudden truce and festive atmosphere that broke out on Christmas Day, 1915. Filled with moments of tension, tragedy, and, on occasion, even humour, these tales open a window into the experiences of those soldiers who fought in what was known at the time as 'The Great War.