To begin this story, here is a portion of a 1960 u. S. Army film that gives a brief sketch of the operation. In late july, general pershing created the First United States Army under his command. And immediate steps were taken to concentrate American Forces at one point on the line. That point was saintmihiel. The germans had held an area 25 miles since early in the war. Penetrating the allied lines 16 miles, it enabled the enemy to harass operations. More than half a million first army troops assembled for the task of crushing it out of existence. 15 infantry divisions were moved into position. By the end of the day on september 11, 1918, the first army was ready for its First Independent operation against the enemy. At dawn on the 12th of september, the attack was launched. For the enemy, saintmihiel was an unpleasant surprise. Within four days, the city was obliterated and the americans were along the line. General pershing considered the victory a Birthday Gift on september 13. In
Weekend. This should be a fun class. Today, we are going to talk about the spanishamerican war. But before we get into that i want to recap a few things we did in our last class. Specifically, lets talk a little bit about the imperialism that developed in the late 19th century. Have anything you can contribute in this regard . Sure. Had we were imperialistic and we thought that going sorry. To go werereasons humanitarian. We tried to help our little Brown Brothers down there, to try and make them more american because we felt it was superior. Joseph it is really an ethnocentrism. Yeah. Joseph taylor, do you have anything to add to that . That stood one thing out the most to me was the economic aspect because the u. S. Had a lot of territorial interests in cuba and a lot of americans owned sugar plantations and they wanted to protect their citizens and investments down there. But in the u. S. , there was also overproduction, so they were also looking to advance to new markets. Joseph go
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tonight with the context, political analyst dahlia schneidlin, and the former federal prosecutor joe moreno. hello, welcome to the programme. under the united states constitution, everyone has the right to the fifth amendment. but for many years, donald trump held a particular view of those who invoked it. so, they have five people taking the fifth amendment, like you see on the mob, right? you see mob take the fifth. if you re innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment? fifth amendment, fifth - amendment, fifth amendment. horrible. horrible! but today in new york, he refused to answer any questions under oath, pleading the fifth. the former president had been deposed in a civil case brought by new york attorney general, letitia james, who is investigating whether the trump organisation inflated then deflated the value of its prized assets, its golf courses, its skyscrapers, to deceive the lenders and the tax authorities. in a statement soon after, mrtrump said. joe,
industry what we have watched from the democratic party is wasteful spending. their wasteful spending has brought inflation. rising costs on everything you want to buy not only from gas but the grocery store. every american should ask themselves, can we afford to give up one month salary? most people would say no, but do you realize that has been taken from you? carley: alexandria hoff live with economic fears, alexandria. good morning to you both. yesterday treasury secretary janet yellen said there is concern the federal reserve strategy to bring down strep inflation by hiking rates. we will need great skill and some good luck to achieve what we sometimes call a soft landing. i hope and i believe there is a path to accomplishing that. speak with the rate of cost rising slightly in july, 85% year-over-year compared with jen s record 9.1% surge by the inflation decade high. and in a gains could be sunk again. janet yellen admitted yesterday gas prices may see a spike