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Montfaucon-d'Argonne (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃fokɔ̃ daʁɡɔn], literally Montfaucon of Argonne, before 1989: Montfaucon) [3] is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is home to the Meuse-Argonne American Memorial.
The Meuse-Argonne American Memorial (Montfaucon American Monument; French: Monument Américain de Montfaucon) is an American World War I memorial commemorating "the brilliant victory of the American First Army in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, September 26 – November 11, 1918, and pays tribute to the previous heroic services of the Armies of France on the important battle front upon which the ...
The Montfaucon American monument is located 20 northwest of Verdun, France. It rises 200 feet above the ruins of the village of Montfaucon. The hilltop was originally an observation point for the German army. It was captured on 27 September 1918 by the US Army 37th Division and the 79th Division as part of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in World ...
The inexperienced 37th "Buckeye" Division failed to capture Montfaucon d'Argonne. Hill 223. The subsequent day, September 27 most of the 1st Army failed to make any gains. The 79th Division finally captured Montfaucon and the 35th "Santa Fe" Division captured the village of Baulny, Hill 218, and Charpentry, placing the division forward of ...
Montfaucon-d'Argonne: 55347 55320 Les Monthairons: 55348 55290 Montiers-sur-Saulx: 55349 55110 Montigny-devant-Sassey: 55350 55140 Montigny-lès-Vaucouleurs: 55351 55600 Montmédy: 55352 55000 Montplonne: 55353 55300 Montsec: 55355 55100 Montzéville: 55356 55400 Moranville: 55357 55400 Morgemoulin: 55359 55290 Morley: 55360 55320 Mouilly ...
Nearby, the World War I Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial is located at Romagne-sous-Montfaucon to the northwest of Verdun. It is the final resting place for 14,246 American military dead, most of whom died in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. The chapel contains a memorial to the 954 American missing whose remains were never recovered or ...
The canton of Clermont-en-Argonne is an administrative division of the Meuse department, northeastern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015.
The Forest of Argonne (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a long strip of mountainous and wild woodland in northeastern France, approximately 200 km (120 mi) east of Paris. The forest measures roughly 65 km (40 mi) long and 15 km (9 mi) wide filled with many small hills and deep valleys formed by water run-off from the Aire and Aisne rivers rarely ...