In the bloodiest battle the country had ever seen, an entire generation of young Americans had been transformed forever. The Meuse-Argonne had fallen, at the cost of more than 120,000 American casualties, including 26,000 dead. Six weeks later, after savage fighting across swamps, forests, towns, and rugged hills, the battle finally ended with the signing of the armistice that concluded the First World War. In thirty-six hours, he said, the Doughboys would crack the German defenses and open the road to Berlin. Pershing, believed in the superiority of American "guts" over barbed wire, machine guns, massed artillery, and poison gas. On September 26, 1918, more than one million American soldiers prepared to assault the German-held Meuse-Argonne region of France. Pershing, believed in the superiority of American "guts" The authoritative, dramatic, and previously untold story of the bloodiest battle in American history: the epic fight for the Meuse-Argonne in World War I The authoritative, dramatic, and previously untold story of the bloodiest battle in American history: the epic fight for the Meuse-Argonne in World War I On September 26, 1918, more than one million American soldiers prepared to assault the German-held Meuse-Argonne region of France.
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