Patrick O’Donnell is a great military historian that writes in a simple, direct. and compelling way on the many events he recounts. He posts at Breitbart and his most recent article is on the closing hours of the ‘War to End All Wars’. It begins with:
One hundred years ago this weekend, Allied commanders ordered U.S. Marines and Army personnel to attempt a perilous night crossing of the Meuse River and assault the heavily defended German positions on the far side. Prescient, General Black Jack Pershing foresaw the possible rise of Germany and wanted to make it clear the Allies had won the war by seizing more German-controlled territory. Scores of men would die in an attack that ultimately proved a tragic loss of life.