America's Great War 1917-1918
America's Great War 1917-1918
The presence of American soldiers - nicknamed the 'Sammies' - on French soil during the Great War is virtually unknown. Yet two million arrived in France between 1917 and 1918 to fight on the bloody battlefields alongside French and British troops
America's Great War 1917-1918 airs on PBS America at 8:30 PM, Tuesday 26 May. (Subtitles.)
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