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
We will get into that. Let me say a little bit about scott. Welcome, scott. Many of our viewers know scott from his very long and successful and productive tenure and engagement with the National Park. He has been retired for a little more than 10 years or a little less than 10 years, excuse me. Geez, actually six years. Peter one thing john and i have discussed with many of our guests is interpretation on Civil War Battlefield parks. We also talked about partnerships with academics. We have seen with many of our guests, including our guest on thursday, nina silver, one of the first historians who came to the park and had conversations about ways to broaden the interpretation of gettysburg. Time and time again, john have noticed these connections between academics and public historians. Cant then conclude there is this great gap or golf between the two sides. I thought we could open by howng you reflect upon battlefield interpretation has changed over time during your career. And then,
Wanser/Winkel zum Abschluss der Olympia-Regatten Sechste
Fujisawa Wanser/Winkel zum Abschluss der Olympia-Regatten Sechste 04.08.2021, 10:20 Uhr |
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Die deutschen Seglerinnen Anastasiya Winkel und Luis Wanser in Aktion. Foto: Bernat Armangue/AP/dpa (Quelle: dpa) Redaktion
Luise Wanser und Anastasiya Winkel haben zum Abschluss der olympischen Segel-Regatten vor Enoshima in der 470er-Klasse Gesamt-Platz sechs belegt. Durch den starken zweiten Rang im Medaillenrennen verbesserte sich die Crew aus Hamburg und Kiel noch um zwei Positionen im Klassement. Eine Medaille war für die 24 Jahre alte Steuerfrau Wanser und die drei Jahre ältere Vorschoterin Winkel vor der finalen Wettfahrt nicht mehr erreichbar.
Die Britin Hannah Mills wiederholte ihren Olympiasieg von Rio, diesmal mit Vorschoterin Eilidh McIntyre. Zweite wurden die Polinnen Agnieszka Skrzypulec/Jolanta Ogar vor den Französinnen Camille Lecointre/Aloise Retornaz. Ein Protest der Französinnen gegen die Britin