Bertram L. Cadwalader Papers, 1918-1929

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Bertram L. Cadwalader Papers, 1918-1929

Writings, notes, and memoranda, relating to demoralization in the French army in 1917, the German offensive and Allied counteroffensive of 1918, and the decision to create an independent United States Army command on the Western front.

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Hoover Institution Archives

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