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Battles of the First World War Podcast

Oct 16, 2018

On the 12th of September 1918, well over a half million American Doughboys of the AEF First Army went on the attack with their French allies. Less than forty-eight hours later the St. Mihiel Salient--long a painful thorn in the French Army’s side--had been completely destroyed.

 

St. Mihiel was the first independent...


Oct 2, 2018

On the centenary of the story of the Lost Battalion, we have a very special guest who will talk to us about this epic tale of American heroism, leadership, grit, and a stubborn will to resist in the First World War.

 

Robert J. Laplander is the author of “Finding the Lost Battalion: Beyond the Rumors, Myths...