MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE

American soldiers advance up the hills during the Meuse-Argonne offensive, a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. It was fought from September 26, 1918, until the Armistice of November 11, 1918, a total of 47 days.

The Meuse–Argonne offensive was the largest in United States military history, involving 1.2 million American soldiers. It is the deadliest battle in American history, resulting in over 350,000 casualties including 28,000 German lives, 26,277 American lives and an unknown number of French lives.

Meuse–Argonne was the principal engagement of the American Forces during World War I. It was one of a series of Allied attacks known as the Hundred Days Offensive, which brought the war to an end.