"On July 14, 1918, units of the Third (Division) were assigned a 12-kilometer line along the Marne River from Chateau-Thierry to Varennes," wrote Jeffrey Gaul in "History of the Third Infantry ...

JULY 15, 1918: Germany launched its last offensive of the First World War after attacking the Allies in Second Battle of the Marne on this day in 1918. More than half a million men assaulted largely ...

Today marks 100 years since the start of the Battle ... of WW1. Allied commanders decided to go on the offence and force the German army out of France. Following the Second Battle of the Marne ...

The First Battle of the Marne, taking place from September 5 ... Discovering a 30-mile gap between the German First and Second Armies, Allied forces raced to attack, sending in the British ...

Germany's final offensive goes awry in the Second Battle of the Marne. Germany launched its final offensive on July 15, 1918. Suffering a major defeat at Belleau Wood, German General Erich ...

(It would end, in part, after what is often called the Second Battle of the Marne in 1918, fought in the same region, in which American Doughboys played an important role in a decisive counter ...

Holger Herwig, author of The Marne, 1914: The Opening of World War I and the Battle That Changed the World, talked about how the battle prevented… read more Holger Herwig, author of The Marne ...