A Delicate Affair on the Western Front: America Learns How to Fight a Modern War in the Woëvre Trenches
Terrence J. Finnegan
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A Delicate Affair on the Western Front: America Learns How to Fight a Modern War in the Woëvre Trenches

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The meticulously researched story of the 1918 battle at Seicheprey, France that introduced American troops to 20th-century warfare Could the newly arrived American troops be trusted? They were greenhorns, having seen practically no action. The surprise attack at Seicheprey on April 20 was spearheaded by the elite German stormtroopers (Stosstruppen) supported by aircraft, trench mortars, and heavy artillery and was designed as a propaganda coup against the "weak" newcomers. On the edge of the well-named Forêt de Mort Homme, the Connecticut boys of the 102nd regiment bore the brunt. The America...