History of the United States II / Unit 8 USH2 1095 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Cantigny
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The idea
On May twenty-eighth, nineteen eighteen, American troops at Cantigny launched the first American offensive of the war.
In practice
Battles from May to August, at Cantigny, Chateau-Thierry, Belleau Wood and the Second Marne, repelling a German offensive.
Where people slip
The anchor says American forces fought alongside the British and French in these battles.
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