Project Gutenberg 2015-06-13 Public domain in the USA. 65 Palmer, Frederick 1873 1958 Our Greatest Battle (The Meuse-Argonne) Produced by Moti Ben-Ari and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Our Greatest Battle (The Meuse-Argonne)" by Frederick Palmer is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book focuses on the Meuse-Argonne offensive, which was the largest battle fought by American forces during World War I, providing a comprehensive analysis of the battle's strategies, troop movements, and the challenges faced by the American divisions involved. Through detailed descriptions, Palmer encapsulates the spirit and tenacity of the soldiers engaged in this monumental conflict. The opening of the account establishes Palmer's credentials as an observer and participant in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, detailing his unique perspective as someone who had a key role in press relations and was privy to the actions of various divisions. He discusses the changing strategies leading up to the battle, emphasizing the importance of readiness and the element of surprise against a beleaguered German army. Palmer sets the stage for a thorough exploration of the American military efforts, the diverse backgrounds and states of readiness of the divisions involved, and the difficulties in executing a well-coordinated assault against formidable defenses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918 D501 Text Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare 1064721 1064735 2024-09-20T13:05:17.763876 2023-09-21T09:31:28.937088 text/html text/html 1026565 2015-06-13T07:31:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2539805 2015-06-13T07:31:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2653353 2024-09-20T13:05:36.771456 application/epub+zip 2662550 2024-09-20T13:05:22.553848 application/epub+zip 414545 2024-09-20T13:05:20.043834 application/epub+zip 2935009 2024-09-20T13:05:46.101216 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2820720 2024-09-20T13:05:32.989282 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 583213 2022-09-22T10:00:29.379552 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 883604 883415 2024-09-20T13:05:15.523883 2023-09-21T09:31:26.699065 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 883507 2015-06-13T07:31:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 323451 2015-06-13T07:31:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18686 2024-09-20T13:05:46.251228 application/rdf+xml 8920 2024-09-20T13:05:20.370876 image/jpeg 1894 2024-09-20T13:05:20.270882 image/jpeg 2541886 2024-09-20T13:05:17.929891 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia