The offer was gratefully accepted, and the U.S.1st Division was ordered into the Picardy region to help General Marie-Eugène Debeney's French First Army, exhausted after halting the advance of General Oskar von Hutier, commanding the newly formed German Eighteenth Army.
The offer was gratefully accepted. The U.S.1st Division was ordered into the Picardy region. This was to help General Marie-Eugène Debeney's French First Army, exhausted after halting the advance of General Oskar von Hutier. General Oskar von Hutier was commanding the newly formed German Eighteenth Army.