Author: Arthur H. Joel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Under the Lorraine Cross
Author: Arthur H. Joel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
With Their Bare Hands
Author: Gene Fax
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472819241
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
A ground-breaking narrative history, which examines the never-before-told story of one of the most devastating battles of American involvement in World War I – the battle of Montfaucon. With Their Bare Hands traces the fate of the US 79th Division – men drafted off the streets of Baltimore, Washington, and Philadelphia – from boot camp in Maryland through the final years of World War I, focusing on their most famous engagement: the attack on Montfaucon, the most heavily fortified part of the German Line, during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in 1918. Using the 79th as a window into the American Army as a whole, Gene Fax examines its mistakes and triumphs, the tactics of its commander General John J. Pershing, and how the lessons it learned during the Great War helped it to fight World War II. Fax makes some startling judgments, on the role of future Army Chief-of-Staff, Colonel George C. Marshall; whether the Montfaucon battle – had it followed the plan – could have shortened the war; and if Pershing was justified in ordering his troops to attack right up to the moment of the Armistice. Drawing upon original documents, including orders, field messages, and the letters and memoirs of the soldiers themselves, Fax tells the engrossing story of the 79th Division's bloody involvement in the final months of World War I.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472819241
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
A ground-breaking narrative history, which examines the never-before-told story of one of the most devastating battles of American involvement in World War I – the battle of Montfaucon. With Their Bare Hands traces the fate of the US 79th Division – men drafted off the streets of Baltimore, Washington, and Philadelphia – from boot camp in Maryland through the final years of World War I, focusing on their most famous engagement: the attack on Montfaucon, the most heavily fortified part of the German Line, during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in 1918. Using the 79th as a window into the American Army as a whole, Gene Fax examines its mistakes and triumphs, the tactics of its commander General John J. Pershing, and how the lessons it learned during the Great War helped it to fight World War II. Fax makes some startling judgments, on the role of future Army Chief-of-Staff, Colonel George C. Marshall; whether the Montfaucon battle – had it followed the plan – could have shortened the war; and if Pershing was justified in ordering his troops to attack right up to the moment of the Armistice. Drawing upon original documents, including orders, field messages, and the letters and memoirs of the soldiers themselves, Fax tells the engrossing story of the 79th Division's bloody involvement in the final months of World War I.
Histories of American Army Units
Author: Charles Emil Dornbusch
Publisher: Washington : Department of the Army, Office of the Adjutant General, Special Services Division, Library and Service Club Branch
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Publisher: Washington : Department of the Army, Office of the Adjutant General, Special Services Division, Library and Service Club Branch
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Quarterly Bulletin of the Providence Public Library
Author: Providence Public Library (R.I.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1078
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1078
Book Description
The United States Catalog
Author:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2188
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2188
Book Description
The Cumulative Book Index
Author:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Histories, Personal Narratives: United States Army
Author: Charles Emil Dornbusch
Publisher: Cornwallville, N.Y. : Hope Farm Press
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Presented in 2742 continuously numbered entries arranged alpahbetically by the unit's designation and then in numerical sequence by the unit's number.
Publisher: Cornwallville, N.Y. : Hope Farm Press
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Presented in 2742 continuously numbered entries arranged alpahbetically by the unit's designation and then in numerical sequence by the unit's number.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas
Author: New York Public Library. Reference Dept
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas
Author: New York Public Library. Reference Department
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 908
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 908
Book Description