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Key Battles for Victory against the Germans

Key Battles for Victory against the Germans. Natalie, Slade, Kenyon, Jude, Brittni , Wes, Matt. The Battles of the Marne. First Battle of the Marne: ( T he Battle of Chateau-thierry ) Gen. Pershing dispatched troops to turn back the Germans

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Key Battles for Victory against the Germans

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  1. Key Battles for Victory against the Germans Natalie, Slade, Kenyon, Jude, Brittni, Wes, Matt

  2. The Battles of the Marne First Battle of the Marne: (The Battle of Chateau-thierry) • Gen. Pershing dispatched troops to turn back the Germans • A week later the Marine corps stopped Germans from attacking Belleasu and Chateau-thierry • When they marched out of Paris Gen. James G, Harbor told the men ”We dig no trenches to hold back on” • The Marines did exactly that and we lost over half of our troops. • Saved Paris, stopped the onslaught of the Germans, and turn the war

  3. The Battles of the Marne The Second Battle of the Marne • French forces were joined by 28,000 American troops • Forced Germans back into the river and into retreat. • Ended all hopes for a German victory.

  4. Battle of Amiens • The US broke the German lines using tanks • The Allied armies stopped the German advance in the north • The Allies re-captured German gains from earlier in the war

  5. Meuse-Argonne Offensive • The final Allied assault, began on September 26th of 1918 • Over a million AEF troops drove Germany from France • This cut Germany’s supply lines, • Caused Germany to retreat from the Argonne forest and the Meuse river.

  6. Armistice • A cease-fire • Was signed on November 11th, 1918 on a French railroad cart • 6 hours later the guns fell silent • It ended the War

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