|
|
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
US 3rd Division takes up the defence of Chateau Thierry. They later launch a counter-attack that forces the Germans back across the Marne.
The Wickes class destroyer USS Ward (DD-139) is launched a record 15 days after being laid down at Mare Island, but despite all of this effort remains on the US West Coast for the rest of the First World War.
The Wickes class destroyer USS Gregory (DD-82) is commissioned. She saw service late in the First World War, and was then converted into a fast transport. She was sunk while carrying out her new role off Guadalcanal in September 1942.
Aisne 1918, David Blanchard.
Focuses on the first day of the battle, when a series of weakened British divisions in poor defensive positions were overwhelmed and the Allied line was temporarily broken. Based around a series of regimental histories of the fighting on that first day, followed by a shorter overview of the rest of the battle. Helps explain why the Germans were able to achieve such a dramatic breakthrough on the first day of the battle
(Read Full Review)
U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History, Norman Friedmann .
The standard history of the development of American destroyers, from the earliest torpedo boat destroyers to the post-war fleet, and covering the massive classes of destroyers built for both World Wars. Gives the reader a good understanding of the debates that surrounded each class of destroyer and led to their individual features.
