Rock of the Marne: The American Soldiers Who Turned the Tide Against the Kaiser in World War I Social History by Janet Wallach

by Janet Wallach

The final hours pulsate with tension as every man in the trenches hopes to escape the melancholy distinction of being the last to die in World War I

Thirteen months after the United States entered World War I

Every piece of work is unique and can be found at leading museums such as the National WWI Museum & Memorial

When an assassin gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in late June 1914

Rock of the Marne: The American Soldiers Who Turned the Tide Against the Kaiser in World War I Social History by Janet WallachDescription by Stephen L. Harris Hardcover 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 during the Second Battle of the Marne proved to be a turning point of World War I. In stopping three German divisions from crossing the Marne River, these Americans blocked the road to Paris, helped save the French capital and played a key role in turning