A history of the American nation . leadersentered into a shameful peace with Germany and March, 1918, the German troops on the western front begana series of terrific drives toward Paris against the allied lineswhere they hoped to cut them in two. We now see that theseonslaughts were the product of desperation, if not despair;but for a time they met with considerable success, and, thoughthe allied armies were not crushed or overwhelmed, the Germansmade dangerous gains. All of the allied armies were placed under the command ofGeneral Foch. The Americans under General Pershing, alread
A history of the American nation . leadersentered into a shameful peace with Germany and March, 1918, the German troops on the western front begana series of terrific drives toward Paris against the allied lineswhere they hoped to cut them in two. We now see that theseonslaughts were the product of desperation, if not despair;but for a time they met with considerable success, and, thoughthe allied armies were not crushed or overwhelmed, the Germansmade dangerous gains. All of the allied armies were placed under the command ofGeneral Foch. The Americans under General Pershing, already cooperating with the other armies, were preparingAmencan ^^ enter into the fighting in large numbers. In France. J^ty at Chateau-Thierry the American forces did valiant work in helping to stem one of these driveswhich, if it had carried the Germans much further, would have Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig V .;I|1 Commanding the English Armies (below) Field Marshal Ferdinand Foch Commander-in-Chief of all the Allied Armies, (left). GeneralJohn J. PershingCommander-in-ChiefAmerican Expedi-tionary Forces(right) General Armando Diaz Commanding the Italian Armies (above) 582 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NATION placed them at the gates of Paris. After this repulse the Ger-mans could hold no longer. Little by little, step by step, theywere forced back; it was the beginning of the end. Then camean American victory at St. Mihiel, and fierce, continuous, awfulstruggle in the Argonne and at the Meuse—names which willalways be words of honor in American history. Nothing couldexceed the dash and zeal and the courage with which theseuntried Americans fought on the soil of France for honor and aworld of justice. Americas soldiers, fighting by the side of the
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