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Seicheprey - Cherry Blossoms in Spring

Published: April 15, 2018, 11 a.m.

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Seicheprey is a little hamlet in the Wo\\xebvre, and in April of 1918 it was the scene of the first clash between the newly-arrived American Doughboys and the battle-hardened German soldier.

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The Germans set out to teach the Americans a lesson: that they shouldn\\u2019t hope to tangle with the German soldier. In return the Americans, despite having a lot to learn, would teach a lesson or two of their own.

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Having been overshadowed by titanic clashes elsewhere on the Western Front at the time, the Battle of Seicheprey was a stark and brutal introduction to the American Expeditionary Force of what modern industrial warfare was truly like. \\xa0

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