On the morning of November 11, 1918, fighter pilot and leading American ace Eddie Rickenbacker quietly ambled to the hangar of his aerodrome in France. The night before, in anticipation of the Armistice, all Allied flights were grounded. But Rickenbacker was not known as a rule-follower. He told his crew to roll out his SPAD XIII fighter plane
On the Western Front a hundred years ago, a furious and decisive campaign was in progress. The great German Spring Offensive, often and rightly called the Ludendorff Offensive, was well into the process of launching about three million combat troops against the Allied lines. The Offensive would last from March 21 to July 18, 1918. The combined
En la mañana del 11 de noviembre de 1918, el piloto de combate y gran as estadounidense Eddie Rickenbacker caminaba tranquilamente hacia el hangar de su aeródromo en Francia. La noche anterior, en previsión del armisticio, todos los vuelos aliados fueron cancelados. Pero Rickenbacker no era conocido por obedecer las órdenes. Ordenó a tripulación
En el frente occidental, hace cien años, se estaba llevando a cabo una campaña furiosa y decisiva. La gran ofensiva de primavera alemana, a menudo y con razón llamada ofensiva Ludendorff, estaba en el proceso de lanzar cerca de tres millones de tropas de combate contra las líneas aliadas. La Ofensiva duraría desde el 21 de marzo hasta el 18 de
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