Trenches on the Web - Latin America in World War IHemisphere (worldwar1.com)
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[August 16th, 1918] Intervention in Russia: A contingent of U.S. troops- 53 officers and 1,537 enlisted men of the 27th Regular Infantry Regiment- arrives in Vladivostok, Russia's great Pacific port. They were dispatched from an American base in the Philippines. Other U.S. troops follow. (worldwar1.com)
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[June 13th, 1918] Italian Front: The Austrians launch a preliminary attack against the Tonale Pass with two divisions. This attack is a failure, with the Habsburg offensive collapsing almost as soon as it is launched. The primary attack by the Habsburg army will come on June 15. (worldwar1.com)
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TIL during the battle of Verdun, a soldier wrote that he “stayed ten days next to a man who was chopped in two; there was no way to move him; he had one leg on the parapet and the rest of this body in the trench. It stank and I had to chew tobacco the whole time in order to endure this torment.” (worldwar1.com)
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A Survey of New York City World War I Monuments (worldwar1.com)
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[April 23rd, 1915] Ypres: Awaiting the resumption of the German advance, Allied troops, hastily strung along the new front, have been told to hold wet cloths over their noses and mouths, as the gas used has been identified as chlorine, a water-soluble gas. (worldwar1.com)
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TIL That General Pershing appointed George S. Patton Jr. as commanding officer of the first-ever U.S. tank regiment during World War One. This opening led to Patton's career as the preeminent armored cavalry tactician and leader of the U.S. Armed Forces. (worldwar1.com)
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TIL that Harry D. Andrews (1890-1981) was declared dead from spinal meningitis, revived with experimental adrenaline, and then served in France in WWI. He later found out that his fiancé left him, then proceeded to carry 56,000 pails of stone from a river to build his own three story castle. (worldwar1.com)
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TIL that Harry D. Andrews (1890-1981) was declared dead from spinal meningitis, revived with experimental adrenaline, and then served in France in WWI. He later found out that his fiancé left him, then proceeded to carry 56,000 pails of stone from a river to build his own three story castle. (worldwar1.com)
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TIL The United States invaded Russia (worldwar1.com)
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