Our Deadliest Battle        
      We know about the American cemetery at Normandy, but did you know about Meuse-Argonne, in northern France? 

   One hundred years ago yesterday, September 26, 1918, the Meuse-Argonne offensive began. It became America's deadliest battle ever, with 26,000 U.S. soldiers killed. More ammo was fired there than during the entire Civil War. 
 

Largest American cemetery in Europe

   Seven weeks of combat - and superior tank power - helped convince the Germans to quit, after four years of horrid, senseless war costing the lives of 8.5 million soldiers and more than 12 million civilians. In a year and a few months of American participation, we suffered 1.2 million casualties. 

   For Germany, the war wasn't over. On June 20, 1940, Hitler, a WWI soldier, forced France to surrender on the same railroad carriage that the Allies used in humiliating the Germans, November 11, 1918. 

   Kaiser Wilhelm II, who was deposed on November 9, lived in the Netherlands until 1941, long enough to see Hitler accomplish what he couldn't. Wilhelm was a grandson of Queen Victoria, United Kingdom. He was also related to King George V of the UK and emperor Nicholas II of Russia, his foe on the eastern front.

   So much for family ties. 

   We no longer expect any war to end all wars. Do we?

Sources: Smithsonian, Wikipedia

      Jimmy