American soldiers navigate through trenches and machine gun nests in dense thickets at Le Cheve Tondu, Meuse, France during World War I. A fiercely fought six-day battle ensued here before the German forces surrendered. This photograph was taken on November 22, 1918, and released by the AEP censor.

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Photo credit: © piemags/NSC / Alamy / Afripics
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