The Marne Was Just the Beginning: How July 15 Marked America’s Rise on the World Stage

The River Where America Arrived

It was July 15, 1918. In the heat of a brutal French summer, German artillery opened up on Allied lines at the Marne River. A barrage unlike all others, it was Berlin’s final gamble to break the Western Front. What they didn’t count on was that a new player had arrived, and he wasn’t bluffing.

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America wasn’t just sending weapons anymore. We were sending boys who would soon become men by force of fire, and in doing so, the United States proved, once and for all, that it was no longer a mere spectator on the global stage.

Modern Parallels: From the Marne to Ukraine

When Germany launched its last offensive at the Marne,

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