A Delicate Affair on the Western Front: America Learns How to Fight a Modern War in the Woëvre Trenches

by Terrence J. Finnegan

The meticulously researched story of the 1918 battle at Seicheprey, France that introduced American troops to 20th-century warfare

Could the newly arrived American troops be trusted? They were greenhorns, having seen practically no action. The surprise attack at Seicheprey on April 20 was spearheaded by the elite German stormtroopers (Stosstruppen) supported by aircraft, trench mortars, and heavy artillery and was designed as a propaganda...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750952326
• ISBN13: 9780750952323
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Spellmount Publishers
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.9" x 9.8"