This Day in History, September 26, 1918: The Meuse-Argonne Campaign Begins

On September 26, 1918 the U.S. Army launched one of the largest offensives in American Military history, the Meuse-Argonne Campaign of the First World War. More than 1.2 million soldiers of the American Expeditionary Forces engaged in this critical battle that lasted until Armstice Day.