A glance at events 100 years ago this month, as Bulgaria was forced out of the First World War, and multiple offensives on the Western Front convinced Germany’s supreme commanders of the need for a ceasefire.
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Tag: Campaigns
St Mihiel Campaign – The US First Army goes into battle
The newly created First Army of the American Expeditionary Force went into battle for the first time in northeast France on 12 September 1918, as Patrick Gregory explains.
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St Mihiel Campaign – The US First Army goes into battle
The newly created First Army of the American Expeditionary Force went into battle for the first time in northeast France on 12 September 1918, as Patrick Gregory explains.
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100 Years Ago – Last Push against Bulgaria from Salonika
Allied troops started their final advance on the Macedonian Front on 15 September 1918, knocking Bulgaria out of the First World War two weeks later.
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The Battle of Megiddo – Ottoman Army in Palestine destroyed
Major Paul Knight on the Allied attack in September 1918 that dealt a fatal blow to the Central Powers in the Middle East.
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The Battle of Megiddo – Ottoman Army in Palestine destroyed
Major Paul Knight on the Allied attack in September 1918 that dealt a fatal blow to the Central Powers in the Middle East.
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100 Years Ago – ‘Tout Le Monde à La Bataille’, Allies strike across Western Front
In the dying days of September 1918, an Allied onslaught in Northern France and Flanders, coupled with defeats for the Central Powers on other fronts, forced German overtures for an armistice.
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The Meuse-Argonne: Remembering America’s biggest battle
Patrick Gregory reports from US commemorations in France, marking the Centennial of the battle that opened the last Allied campaigns on the Western Front.
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100 Years Ago: Meuse-Argonne Offensive begins
The opening stages of the First World War campaign that remains the largest single battle in US history, described by Patrick Gregory.
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100 Years Ago: Meuse-Argonne Offensive begins
The opening stages of the First World War campaign that remains the largest single battle in US history, described by Patrick Gregory.
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