Guardians of the Pass - Robert Thompson

Predicted to fail and outnumbered and outgunned, the National Guardsmen who withstood the last German onslaught of World War IThe Champagne-Marne Defensive in July 1918 occurred at a crucial moment in World War I and proved to be the turning point of the war. The Germans prepared for a final offensive that would defeat the French Army and threaten Paris, causing the French to sue for peace. Fought on two fronts west and east of the strategic French city of Rheims, the Germans put the weight of their... Zobrazit více