| Blanc Mont Ridge 1918: America's Forgotten Victory Contributor(s): Cansière, Romain (Author), Gilbert, Ed (Author), Turner, Graham (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1472824962 ISBN-13: 9781472824967 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $21.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War I - History | Military - United States - History | Europe - France |
| Series: Campaign |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 7.3" W x 9.7" (0.60 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The dominating Blanc Mont Ridge complex in the Champagne region of France was home to some of the most complex German defenses on the Western Front. Its heights offered artillery observation that made even approaching the ridge virtually suicidal. Pessimistic about the ability of depleted and demoralized French units to capture the position, G n ral Henri Gouraud was granted the use of two American divisions: the veteran 2nd "Indianhead" Division, including the 4th (Marine) Brigade, and the untested 36th "Arrowhead" Division of the Texas and Oklahoma National Guard. This fully illustrated book describes this Allied offensive with American troops in the vanguard, and shows how despite the heavy losses it sustained to both manpower and supporting armor, they eventually forced the Germans to abandon most of the region in one of the largest withdrawals of the war. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gilbert, Ed: - ED GILBERT is a native of Alabama, with a lifelong interest in the Creek War. He was a Marine Corps artilleryman, an NCO instructor in the USMCR, a college professor, and for 28 years worked in geological research and oil and gas exploration worldwide. Now semiretired, he works only on special projects. In addition to other volumes for Osprey, Ed is the author of a three-volume series on the history of Marine Corps tank units: Marine Tank Battles in the Pacific; Marine Corps Tank Battles in Korea; and Marine Corps Tank Battles in Vietnam. He is currently at work on a fourth volume covering the involvement of Marine Corps tank units in Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, and Somalia, as well as a study of the mechanization of the Fleet Marine Force divisions in World War II.Turner, Graham: - Graham Turner is a leading historical artist, specializing in the medieval period. He has illustrated numerous titles for Osprey, covering a wide variety of subjects from the dress of the 10th-century armies of the Caliphates, through the action of bloody medieval battles, to the daily life of the British Redcoat of the late 18th century. The son of the illustrator Michael Turner, Graham lives and works in Buckinghamshire, UK. |