tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post5814060522353804200..comments2024-03-28T02:42:51.950-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Was the Meuse-Argonne America's Deadliest Battle?snielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-55667484613493111692021-11-09T16:51:30.957-08:002021-11-09T16:51:30.957-08:00My grandfather also was deployed at the M/A offens...My grandfather also was deployed at the M/A offensive. He was a casualty, specifically mustard gas survivor. My respects and gratitude to both your grandfather and mine.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05448553059846933908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-79125163252131518812016-08-30T13:05:15.385-07:002016-08-30T13:05:15.385-07:00Because I study WW1, and the Meuse-Argonne in part...Because I study WW1, and the Meuse-Argonne in particular (my Grandfather survived his service in the AEF and the M-A), I happen to lay in bed last night thinking of the 26,000 that perished in those 47 days. Rounding, that is 553 men killed per day, 23 men per hour. THIS is the rate/statistic I find terribly tragic.AnthonyDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04650567194418485122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-81915354879916032582016-01-14T07:44:41.839-08:002016-01-14T07:44:41.839-08:00Excellent comment, David. Worthy of a post.Excellent comment, David. Worthy of a post.Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-7859217243013995002016-01-14T07:17:18.459-08:002016-01-14T07:17:18.459-08:00Dr. Peter Wever & Dr. Leo Bergen, military med...Dr. Peter Wever & Dr. Leo Bergen, military medical historians in the Netherlands wrote recently an excellent article on "Death from the 1918 pandemic influenza during the First World War" (see: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4181817/ ), proposing that the Battle with Disease (primarily the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918), which ran concurrently with the Meuse-Argonne David Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539002824273503170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-36766000706332436362016-01-12T17:53:53.608-08:002016-01-12T17:53:53.608-08:00Interesting question. What is for certain is tha...Interesting question. What is for certain is that Robert Farrell did a terrific job bringing to light the intensity and horror of that campaign. His exhaustive research was a great resource for me in putting together the final chapter of my 2014 book 'Imperial Germany's Iron Regiment of the First World War; the History of Infantry Regiment 169.' (This storied unit was destroyed Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-42914156919672138792016-01-11T11:02:00.121-08:002016-01-11T11:02:00.121-08:00That comparison of absolute death numbers is usefu...That comparison of absolute death numbers is useful.<br />Have you calculated them as proportions of engaged troops?Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-4808245200701858862016-01-11T10:27:33.432-08:002016-01-11T10:27:33.432-08:00So the Meuse-Argonne Offensive was the worst six w...So the Meuse-Argonne Offensive was the worst six weeks of battle..you could claim all the battles of the 1918 offence as one battle. Who wants the title anyway.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17984095697069348960noreply@blogger.com