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The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps in World War I: From Inception to Destruction, 1914-1918

The Portuguese Expeditionary Force fought in the trenches of northern France from April 1917 to April 1918. on 9 April 1918 the sledgehammer blow of Operation Georgette fell upon the exhausted Portuguese troops. British accounts of the Portuguese Corps’ participation in combat on the Western Front are terse. Many are dismissive. in fact, Portuguese units experienced heavy combat and successfully held their ground against all attacks. Regarding Georgette, the standard British narrative holds that most of the Portuguese soldiers threw their weapons aside and ran. the account is incontrovertibly false. Most of the Portuguese combat troops held their ground against the German assault. This thesis details the history of the Portuguese Expeditionary Force.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc115143
Date05 1900
CreatorsPyles, Jesse
ContributorsWawro, Geoffrey, Citino, Robert, Roberts, Walter
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
CoveragePortugal, 1914-1918
RightsPublic, Pyles, Jesse, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

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