America's Great War 1917-1918

PBS America (Freeview)

3:50 PM to 4:55 PM

Friday 4 July

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The presence of American soldiers - nicknamed the 'Sammies', that is sent by Uncle Sam) - 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 English troops