ST MIHIEL 1918
Subtitle: the American Expeditionary Forces' trial by fire
By: DAVID BONK ; ILLUSTRATED BY HOWARD GERRARD
Contributors: Gerrard, Howard, illustrator
Series: Campaign -- 238; Campaign (Osprey Publishing) -- 228.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781849083911; 9781849083928; 9781849088800
Subjects: United States; World War, 1914-1918; Saint-Mihiel, Battle of, Saint-Mihiel, France, 1918; United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
Description: "At 0600hrs on September 12, 1918, accompanied by rain and lightning, the US Army launched its first major offensive of World War I ... Supported by French Colonial troops, the American I, IV, and V Corps burst through the weakened German line at St Mihiel ... Although the operation cost 7,000 American casualties, the battle was heralded as a huge Allied victory. More importantly, it demonstrated to the French and British that the Americans were capable of large-scale, combined-arms operations. Packed with photos, artwork and battle maps, this book explains the entire offensive in detail"--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 94) and index.
Table of contents: title: Origins of the campaign; title: Chronology; title: Opposing commanders; title: Opposing armies; title: Orders of battle; title: Opposing plans; title: St Mihiel; title: Aftermath; title: The battlefield today.