One hundred years ago today, September 26, 1918, was the beginning of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in World War One. The battle lasted 47 days until the Armistice of November 11, 1918 (now celebrated as Veteran’s Day). The battle, fought on the Western Front, was the turning point in the Allied defeat of Germany. It was the largest offensive in U.S. history, involving 1.2 million soldiers of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF). At the end, over 26,000 Americans, 28,000 Germans, and countless French had died. Read more about WWI in On the Shore (see NOVELS).
