The compelling true story of the Third U.S. Infantry Division in World
War I and their bravery during the Second Battle of the Marne from
acclaimed war historian Stephen L. Harris, author of Duty, Honor,
Privilege and Harlem's Hell Fighters.
The soldiers of the Third U.S. Infantry Division in World War I were
outnumbered and inexperienced young men facing hardened veterans, but
their actions during the Second Battle of the Marne proved to be a
turning point of World War I.
In stopping three German divisions from crossing the Marne River, these
Americans blocked the road to Paris, helped save the French capital and
played a key role in turning the tide of the war. The Allies then began
a counteroffensive that drove the enemy back to the Hindenburg Line.
Four months later the war was over.
Rock of the Marne follows the Third Division's Sixth Brigade, which
took the brunt of the German attack--from the officers, many of them
West Pointers and elite Ivy Leaguers, to the enlisted men from every
corner of America who answered their country's call to duty.
This is the gripping, true account of one of the most important--yet
least explored--battles of World War I.
INCLUDES PHOTOS
