Fine article.
Germany knew, one way or the other, that the Americans would tip the balance against them.
On June 6, I always commemorate the Battle of Belleau Wood, the turning point of WWI. However, a different battle that took place on the same date in a later war seems to get far more attention.
Every Marine knows the punctuation is wrong in that quote
Retreat hell! We just got here!
I haven’t read the article yet (and I plan to) but before I read it I want to state my overall opinion of American involvement in WWI:
Wilson promised not to take us into WWI. He lied and did so anyway. If he hadn’t, many believe (and I agree) that there would have been a negotiated settlement and no decisive winner, and no Versailles Peace Treaty and no reparations and no Adolf Hitler.
So Wilson lied, and 50 million people died.
Now I’ll read the article and see if it changes my mind.
I have been in France, but never had the opportunity to visit any of these American cemeteries. Can someone who has actually been there tell me if there is an American military guard of honor, or is the place staffed by the locals there.
And to think, between 1914 and 1916, the American Stock Investment firms were selling Imperial German War Bonds as a good investment.
Semper Fi Marines!