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Author Carter, Donald A., 1955- author.

Title St. Mihiel 12-16 September 1918 / by Donald A. Carter.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army, 2018.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Archives Fed Docs  D 114.7/6:SA 2 m    ---  Available
Description 63 pages : illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm.
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Series CMH Pub ; 77-7
U.S. Army campaigns of World War I.
CMH pub ; 77-7.
Summary The St. Mihiel salient, created during the initial German invasion in 1914, had withstood multiple French efforts to regain the territory. Yet even though the Germans had established strong defensive positions around St. Mihiel and its neighboring villages and towns, the salient was highly vulnerable to attack and was an optimal target for a potential American operation. Until this point in the war, members of the American Expeditionary Forces had not fought in a formation larger than a corps, and then only under French or British leadership. Now, as part of the American First Army under General John J. Pershing, they prepared to launch an offensive that would demonstrate to the Allies and the Germans alike that the Americans were capable of operating as an independent command. The AEF's successful efforts in the St. Mihiel Offensive, and the hard-won operational and tactical lessons that it learned during the battle, helped set the stage for the grand Allied offensive that would seize the initiative on the Western Front and blaze a path toward ultimate victory in the war.
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Subject United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st.
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st. (OCoLC)fst00558401
Saint-Mihiel, Battle of, Saint-Mihiel, France, 1918.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France.
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- United States.
Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
Regimental histories. (OCoLC)fst01354209
France. (OCoLC)fst01204289
France -- Saint-Mihiel. (OCoLC)fst01229851
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author Center of Military History, issuing body.
Added Title Saint-Mihiel 12-16 September 1918
Gpo Item No. 0344-G-12
Sudoc No. D 114.7/6:SA 2 M

 
    
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