First American troops land in France
June 26, 1917
Two hundred thousand doughboys of the American Expeditionary Force under General John J. Pershing began disembarking at Saint-Nazaire. An aide, visiting Lafayette's grave, announced: Lafayette, we are here. The men were green and would not fight in large numbers until the spring of 1918, but their arrival told Germans the war was over.
In context
Also in 1917 (6 other events on record)
- Bolsheviks seize Petrograd · Europe · Politics
- February Revolution topples the Tsar · Europe · Politics
- America enters the war · North America · War
- Balfour Declaration promises Jewish homeland · Middle East · Politics
- Lawrence's Arabs take Aqaba · Middle East · War
- Silent Sentinels at the White House · North America · Politics
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