German trenches in the Argonne

German trenches in the Argonne The Argonne Massif is a narrow 12km wide band of hills rising steeply to the west of the Meuse valley. For four years of bitter fighting the front line ran east-west across these hills until the American offensive here in the autumn of 1918 which was a major test for the American army for many of whose troops this was their first real experience of battle

12km Argonne Battlefields Bitter Bunker Experience Massif Maur Meuse Sheil Steeply

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