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🧵In a lot of American histories of #WWI campaigns, we hear of complaints that the French moved too slowly, causing undue casualties. A prime case study of that is the 1st and 2nd Division at Soissons. A recent history stated of the 19 July attack of the 6th Marines that;... 
"The final hindrance for the 6th Marines was perhaps the most important. Once again, the 1st Moroccan Division, tasked with the mission of protecting the Marines’ left flank, failed to advance, as did the 38th Division on the right.
This combination of dire news meant that the #USMC and French tankers were attacking without coordinated artillery or air support, or support on either flank; moving across open wheat fields with little or no cover..."
"Retreat? Hell, we just got here!"
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The famous words were spoken by Cpt. Williams to a French officer as his #Marines arrived on Hill 142. What he was most likely witnessing was the withdrawal of the @152eRI from Belleau Wood. What was actually happening?
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The famous words were spoken by Cpt. Williams to a French officer as his #Marines arrived on Hill 142. What he was most likely witnessing was the withdrawal of the @152eRI from Belleau Wood. What was actually happening?
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"A Belleau les heures sont graves. Tout cède devant Attila, Mais le vieux Quinze-Deux est là. La vague meurt devant ses braves."
The #152eRI was going to push the Germans back out of Torcy and Belleau. In the Regimental HQ (PC) the phone rang. Colonel Meilhan picked it up.
The #152eRI was going to push the Germans back out of Torcy and Belleau. In the Regimental HQ (PC) the phone rang. Colonel Meilhan picked it up.
"It's understood, my general. We will do our best.
General Michel, the division commander, had just the 152e to go on the counter-attack. More than anyone else, Colonel Meilhan knew that his regiment was at the end of its tether...
General Michel, the division commander, had just the 152e to go on the counter-attack. More than anyone else, Colonel Meilhan knew that his regiment was at the end of its tether...
Allez, je me livre, et pourtant c'est pas mon genre. À 17 ans, en term L, alors que tous mes profs m'invitent (m'ordonnent!) d'aller en prépa lettres j'ai quelques doutes et décide d'aller voir quelques cours en fac pendant une semaine, sur les conseils de mon cousin. #parcoursup
Enthousiasmé par le peu de cours que je vois, et sur le conseil d'un professeur d'université, je m'engage dans un double cursus, philosophie et histoire, à @UBO_UnivBrest contre les conseils de mes profs et de plusieurs membres de ma famille.
L'argument principal était que le bachotage irait mal à mon tempérament stressé, et que je me sentirais plus à l'aise avec deux cursus très riches l'un comme l'autre et que je m'épanouirais mieux intellectuellement et personnellement.
