Episode 136

The German Spring Offensive’s End, or The Second Battle of the Marne

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“War Cannot End With Compromise, Wilson Declares. No Half-way Decision Is Conceivable, He Tells Throng at Washington’s Tomb. Must Have Reign of Law. ‘Based on Consent of the Governed and Sustained by Organized Opinion of Mankind’. 10,000 Cheer His Words. Thirty-Three Nations Represented by Diplomats and Others at Impressive Ceremony.” The New York Times. (New York, NY) July 5, 1918. Accessed at: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/07/05/102716603.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

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