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Part of World War I, Hundred Days Offensive

Meuse–Argonne offensive

September 26 – November 11, 1918 · Meuse-Argonne, France

Result Allied victory

26 September to 11 November 1918: the major final Allied offensive of World War I on the Western Front. The largest operation in U.S. military history, involving 1.2 million Americans, and the primary engagement of the American Expeditionary Forces, it was also the deadliest campaign for the U.S. Army, with 26,277 American deaths.

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Allies

Central Powers

Other

United States
France
Thailand
German Empire
John J. Pershing military commander Paul Maistre military commander Hunter Liggett military commander Robert Lee Bullard military commander Henri Gouraud military commander
Paul von Hindenburg military commander Erich Ludendorff military commander Wilhelm, German Crown Prince military commander Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg military commander Max von Gallwitz military commander

Strength and losses

Wounded
95,786
Aircraft
840
Strength
450,000
Casualties
126,000
Deaths
28,000
Wounded
42,000
Captured
56,000

Units

4th Army (France) 5th Army (France) 80th Training Command American Expeditionary Forces First Army (United States) Second United States Army US 1st Division US 2nd Division US 3rd Division 36th Army Corps (France) I Corps (United States) III Armored Corps 16th Infantry Division (France) 21st Infantry Division (France) 26th Infantry Division (United States) 28th Infantry Division (United States) 29th Infantry Division (United States) 32nd Infantry Division (United States) 33rd Infantry Division (United States) 35th Infantry Division (United States) 36th Infantry Division (United States) 37th Infantry Division (United States) 42nd Infantry Division (United States) 45th Infantry Division (France) 46th Infantry Division (United States) 4th Infantry Division (United States) 5th Infantry Division (United States) 6th Infantry Division (United States) 78th Training Division 79th Infantry Division (United States) 81st Readiness Division 82nd Airborne Division 89th Infantry Division (United States) 90th Infantry Division (United States) 91st Training Division 92nd Infantry Division (United States) 77th Sustainment Brigade 147th Regiment (United States) 28th Infantry Regiment (United States) 307th Infantry Regiment 5th Marine Regiment 7th Infantry Regiment (United States) 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines Royal Thai Air Force
3rd Army (German Empire) 5th Army (German Empire) Army Group Duke Albrecht (German Empire) Army Group German Crown Prince 103rd Infantry Division (German Empire) 105th Infantry Division (German Empire) 107th Infantry Division (German Empire) 115th Infantry Division (German Empire) 117th Infantry Division (German Empire) 13th Division (German Empire) 27th Division (German Empire) 32nd Division (German Empire) 33rd Division (German Empire) 37th Division (German Empire) 41st Division (German Empire) 76th Reserve Division (German Empire) 7th Division (German Empire) 88th Infantry Division (German Empire)
123rd Infantry Division (German Empire) 4th Royal Bavarian Division

Before and after

Ended by
Armistice of 11 November 1918 November 11, 1918

Related events 1 degree away • 2 degrees away

 
Battle of Saint-Mihiel
 
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Armistice of 11 November 1918

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