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Meuse–Argonne offensive (1918)

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Meuse–Argonne offensive:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meuse%E2%80%93Argonne_offensive

https://www.britannica.com/event/battles-of-the-Meuse-Argonne

https://www.historynet.com/meuse-argonne-offensive-of-world-war-i.htm

Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfgfJB8POzM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2J3eOdo2i0

https://www.abmc.gov/multimedia/videos/day-history-september-26-191...

https://www.c-span.org/video/?453093-1/world-war-meuse-argonne-offe...

U.S. Force Commanders:

General of U.S. Forces in Europe John J. Pershing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Pershing

General Douglas MacArthur:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur

French Force Commanders:

General Henri Joseph Eugène Gouraud :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Gouraud_(general)

General Henri Mathias Berthelot:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Mathias_Berthelot

German Commanders:

Wilhelm, German Crown Prince:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm,_German_Crown_Prince

General Max von Gallwitz:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_von_Gallwitz

Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht,_Duke_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg

Forces Involed:

American Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F. or AEF):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Expeditionary_Forces

89th Infantry Division (United States): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/89th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)

Headquarters, 89th Division:

177th Infantry Brigade: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/177th_Armored_Brigade_(United_States)

353rd Infantry Regiment: https://www.genealogycenter.info/military/wwi/search_353dinf.php https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5695/

354th Infantry Regiment: https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/regt/035...

341st Machine Gun Battalion:

178th Infantry Brigade:

355th Infantry Regiment:

356th Infantry Regiment:

342nd Machine Gun Battalion:

164th Field Artillery Brigade:

340th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm):

341st Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm):

342nd Field Artillery Regiment (155 mm):

314th Trench Mortar Battery:

340th Machine Gun Battalion:

314th Engineer Regiment:

314th Medical Regiment:

314th Field Signal Battalion:

Headquarters Troop, 89th Division:

314th Train Headquarters and Military Police:

314th Ammunition Train:

314th Supply Train:

314th Engineer Train:

314th Sanitary Train:

353rd, 354th, 355th, and 356th Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals

First United States Army:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_United_States_Army

89th Infantry Division (United States): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/89th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)

Headquarters, 89th Division:

177th Infantry Brigade: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/177th_Armored_Brigade_(United_States)

353rd Infantry Regiment: https://www.genealogycenter.info/military/wwi/search_353dinf.php https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5695/

354th Infantry Regiment: https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/regt/035...

341st Machine Gun Battalion:

178th Infantry Brigade:

355th Infantry Regiment:

356th Infantry Regiment:

342nd Machine Gun Battalion:

164th Field Artillery Brigade:

340th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm):

341st Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm):

342nd Field Artillery Regiment (155 mm):

314th Trench Mortar Battery:

340th Machine Gun Battalion:

314th Engineer Regiment:

314th Medical Regiment:

314th Field Signal Battalion:

Headquarters Troop, 89th Division:

314th Train Headquarters and Military Police:

314th Ammunition Train:

314th Supply Train:

314th Engineer Train:

314th Sanitary Train:

353rd, 354th, 355th, and 356th Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals

35th Infantry Division (United States): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)

Headquarters, 35th Division 69th Infantry Brigade

137th Infantry Regiment (1st Kansas Infantry, less band, and 2nd Kansas Infantry)
138th Infantry Regiment (1st Missouri Infantry and 5th Missouri Infantry, less band)
129th Machine Gun Battalion (2nd Battalion, 2nd Missouri Infantry) 70th Infantry Brigade
 139th Infantry Regiment (3rd Kansas Infantry and 4th Missouri Infantry, less band)
 140th Infantry Regiment (3rd Missouri Infantry and 6th Missouri Infantry, less band)
 130th Machine Gun Battalion (3rd Battalion, 2nd Missouri Infantry)

60th Field Artillery Brigade 128th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) (1st Missouri Field Artillery) 129th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) (2nd Missouri Field Artillery and Troop B, Missouri Cavalry) 130th Field Artillery Regiment (155 mm) (1st Kansas Field Artillery) 110th Trench Mortar Battery (Supply Company and Headquarters Company less band, 2nd Missouri Infantry) 128th Machine Gun Battalion (Machine gun company and 1st Battalion, 2nd Missouri Infantry) 10th Engineer Regiment (1st Separate Battalion Kansas Engineers, 1st Separate Battalion Missouri Engineers, and 1st Kansas Infantry) 110th Field Signal Battalion (1st Battalion, Kansas Signal Corps) Headquarters Troop, 35th Division (Troop A, 1st Squadron Kansas Cavalry) 110th Train Headquarters and Military Police (Troops B, C, and D, 1st Squadron Kansas Cavalry) 110th Ammunition Train (National Army men) 110th Supply Train (Supply train, Missouri National Guard) 110th Engineer Train (Engineer train, Kansas National Guard) 110th Sanitary Train 137th, 138th, 139th, and 140th Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals (1st and 2nd Kansas Field Hospitals, 1st and 2nd Missouri Field Hospitals, 1st and 2nd Kansas Ambulance Companies, 1st and 2nd Missouri Ambulance Companies)

Second United States Army:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_United_States_Army

French Forces:

4th Army (France):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Army_(France)

5th Army (France):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Army_(France)

Siamese Expeditionary Forces:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese_Expeditionary_Forces

German Forces:

Army Group German Crown Prince or Army Group B:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Group_German_Crown_Prince_(German_Empire)

Army Group Gallwitz or Army Group C:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Group_Gallwitz_(German_Empire)

Army Group Duke Albrecht or Army Group D:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Group_Duke_Albrecht_(German_Empire)