Forty-Seven Days

Forty-Seven Days How General John J. Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I

Join us for a free presentation by award-winning historian Mitchell Yockelson on Oct. 11, 7 p.m., 15 Andersen Hall. Sponsored by the College of Journalism and Mass Communications and the Department of History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The Battle of the Meuse-Argonne in the fall of 1918 stands as the deadliest clash in American history: More than a million untested American soldiers fought in France against a better-trained and experienced German army, costing more than 26,000 deaths and leaving nearly 100,000 U.S. soldiers wounded.

Yet in 47 days of intense combat, those Americans pushed back the enemy, forced the Germans to surrender, and helped end World War I. It was a feat the British and the French had not achieved after more than three years of bloody fighting.

The man who led U.S. troops was a University of Nebraska Law School graduate and commander of the university's cadet corps. His name was John J. Pershing.

Historian Mitchell Yockelson

Join nationally acclaimed historian Mitchell Yockelson for a free presentation and discussion about Gen. Pershing's historic command of U.S.troops in World War I.

Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 7 p.m.

Room 15, Andersen Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Yockelson explains why Gen. John J. “Black Jack” Pershing’s exemplary leadership of U.S. troops in World War I led to the unlikeliest of victories. It's a revealing tale of the U.S. military's hardest-fought victory of the war - The Battle of the Meuse-Argonne.

Yockelson will also discuss his new book, "Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I."

Click the video below to hear more about Gen. John J. Pershing's Nebraska connection.

Mitchell Yockelson's lecture is sponsored by the College of Journalism and Mass Communications and the Department of History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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Photos: National Archives and Records Administration and the Lincoln Journal Star Archives