Blanc Mont Ridge 1918 e-bog
123,90 DKK
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The dominating Blanc Mont Ridge complex in the Champagne region of France was home to some of the most complex German defences on the Western Front. Its heights offered artillery observation that made even approaching the ridge virtually suicidal. Pessimistic about the ability of depleted and demoralized French units to capture the position, G n ral Henri Gouraud was granted the use of two Amer...
E-bog
123,90 DKK
Forlag
Osprey Publishing
Udgivet
26 juli 2018
Længde
96 sider
Genrer
HB
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781472824943
The dominating Blanc Mont Ridge complex in the Champagne region of France was home to some of the most complex German defences on the Western Front. Its heights offered artillery observation that made even approaching the ridge virtually suicidal. Pessimistic about the ability of depleted and demoralized French units to capture the position, G n ral Henri Gouraud was granted the use of two American divisions: the veteran 2nd Indianhead Division, including the 4th (Marine) Brigade, and the untested 36th Arrowhead Division of the Texas and Oklahoma National Guard. This fully illustrated book describes this Allied offensive with American troops in the vanguard, and shows how despite the heavy losses it sustained to both manpower and supporting armour, they eventually forced the Germans to abandon most of the region in one of the largest withdrawals of the war.