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The gripping account of the U.S. First Army's astonishing triumph over the Germans in America's bloodiest battle of the First World War—the Battle of the Meuse-Argonne. The Battle of the Meuse-Argonne stands as the deadliest clash in American history: More than a million untested American soldiers went up against a better-trained and -experienced German army, costing more twenty-six thousand deaths and leaving nearly a hundred thousand wounded. Yet in forty-seven days of intense combat, those Americans pushed back the enemy and forced the Germans to surrender, bringing the First World War to an end—a feat the British and the French had not achieved after more than three years of fighting. In Forty-Seven Days , historian Mitchell Yockelson tells how General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing's exemplary leadership led to the unlikeliest of victories. Appointed commander of the American Expeditionary Forces by President Wilson, Pershing...

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Author

Yockelson, Mitchell

Publisher

Penguin Publishing Group

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780451466952

Category

history

Subjects

Western, Fiction, History

Rating

3.87 / 5 (78 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14