Rock of the Marne: The American Soldiers Who Turned the Tide

Rock of the Marne: The American Soldiers Who Turned the Tide Against the Kaiser in World War I

The stirring account of the Third U.S. Infantry Division in the Second Battle of the Marneâ€”where the tide of World War I was finally turnedâ€¦

The soldiers of the Third U.S. Infantry Division in World War I were outnumbered and inexperienced young men facing hardened veterans, but their actions proved to be a turning point during the last German offensive of World War I.

In stopping three German divisions from crossing the Marne River, these heroic American soldiers blocked the road to Paris east of ChÃ¢teau-Thierry, helped save the French capital and, in doing so, played a key role in turning the tide of the war. The Allies then began a counteroffensive that drove the enemy back to the Hindenburg Line, and four months later the war was over.

Rock of the Marne follows the Third Divisionâ€™s Sixth Brigade, which took the brunt of the German attack. The officers, many of them West Pointers and elite Ivy Leaguers, fighting side-by-side with enlisted menâ€”city dwellers and country boys, cowboys and coal miners who came from every corner of America along with newly planted immigrants from Europeâ€”answered their countryâ€™s call to duty.

This is the gripping true account of one of the most importantâ€”yet least exploredâ€”battles of World War I.

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Country USA
Brand Berkley
Manufacturer Dutton Caliber
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780425275566
Color Grey
ReleaseDate 2015-10-06
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780425275566

Country	USA
Brand	Berkley
Manufacturer	Dutton Caliber
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780425275566
Color	Grey
ReleaseDate	2015-10-06
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780425275566

Rock of the Marne: The American Soldiers Who Turned the Tide Against the Kaiser in World War I

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