Betrayal at Little Gibraltar: a German fortress, a treacherous American general, and the battle to end World War I
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adam_text | BETRAYAL AT LITTLE GIBRALTAR
/ WALKER, WILLIAM T. [AUTHOR] , JR.
: 2016
TABLE OF CONTENTS / INHALTSVERZEICHNIS
PROLOGUE: WORDS TONGUED WITH FIRE
PART I. THE STAKES
HORRORS FROM THE ABYSS
HARRY PARKIN S AFFIDAVIT
LITTLE GIBRALTAR OF THE WESTERN FRONT
DO YOU WISH TO TAKE PART IN THE BATTLE?
THIS APPALLING PROPOSITION
FEELING LIKE CRUSADERS
TRAINING FOR DISASTER
AN OMINOUS, DREAD INSPIRING PLACE
PART II. BATTLE AND BETRAYAL
OVER THE TOP AND INTO A TRAP
THE 79TH IS HOLDING UP THE ENTIRE FIRST ARMY
BAYONET AND RIFLE BUTT, PISTOL AND TRENCH KNIFE
ALL AMERICA IS BEHIND US
REGARDLESS OF COST
THE COST OF REGARDLESS
RELIEF AND DISGRACE
INTO THE CYCLONE
ONCE AGAIN
REDEMPTION ON CORN WILLY HILL
MAKING GOOD
AT LAST
PART III. THE WAR AFTER THE WAR
CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE
BULLARD, BJORNSTAD, AND BOOTH
BETRAYAL AT LITTLE GIBRALTAR
DENKMAL: REMEMBERING THE LOST DOUGHBOYS
EPILOGUE: SOME COULD, SOME COULD NOT, SHAKE OFF MISERY
DIESES SCHRIFTSTUECK WURDE MASCHINELL ERZEUGT.
CONTENTS
YANKS FROM BALTIMORE S OWN REGIMENT DISCOVERED THAT ADVANCING OVER
OPEN GROUND AGAINST GERMAN FORTIFICATIONS WAS A DANGEROUS PROPOSITION.
MORE THAN 122,000 YANKS WERE WOUNDED OR KILLED IN THE MEUSE-ARGONNE
OFFENSIVE, MAKING IT THE BLOODIEST BATTLE IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
PROLOGUE
WORDS TONGUED WITH FIRE XI
PART I
THE STAKES
CHAPTER
I HORRORS FROM THE ABYSS 3
MAJOR HARRY PARKIN !R AFFIDAVIT 15
CHAPTER
2 LITTLE GIBRALTAR OF THE WESTERN FRONT 19
CHAPTER
3 DO YOU WISH TO TAKE PART IN THE BATTLE? 37
CHAPTER
4 THIS APPALLING PROPOSITION 57
CHAPTER
5 FEELING LIKE CRUSADERS 73
CHAPTER
6 TRAINING FOR DISASTER 89
CHAPTER
7 AN OMINOUS, DREAD-INSPIRING PLACE 107
IX
X CONTENTS
PART II
BATTLE AND BETRAYAL
CHAPTER
8 TOWARD MONTFAUCON AND INTO A TRAP 129
CHAPTER
9 THE 79TH IS HOLDING UP THE ENTIRE
FIRST ARMY 147
CHAPTER
IO BAYONET AND RIFLE BUTT, PISTOL
AND TRENCH KNIFE 163
CHAPTER II
ALL AMERICA IS BEHIND US 187
CHAPTER
12 REGARDLESS OF COST 201
CHAPTER
13 THE COST OF REGARDLESS 215
CHAPTER
14 RELIEF AND DISGRACE 229
CHAPTER
1 5 INTO THE CYCLONE . . . ONCE AGAIN 243
CHAPTER
16 REDEMPTION ON CORN WILLY HILL 265
CHAPTER
17 MAKING GOOD ... AT LAST 285
PART III
THE WAR AFTER THE WAR
CHAPTER
18 CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE 305
CHAPTER
19 BULLARD, BJORNSTAD, AND BOOTH 323
CHAPTER
20 BETRAYAL AT LITTLE GIBRALTAR 343
CHAPTER
21 DENKMAL: REMEMBERING THE DOUGHBOYS 365
EPILOGUE
SOME COULD, SOME COULD NOT,
SHAKE OFF MISERY 379
APPENDIX 389
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 391
NOTES 395
BIBLIOGRAPHY 417
PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS 431
INDEX 433
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