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Argonne

 
Dictionary: Ar·gonne   (är-gŏn', är'gŏn) pronunciation

A wooded and hilly region of northeast France between the Meuse and Aisne rivers. The area was a major battleground during World War I.

 

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Argonne (ärgôn'), region of the Paris basin, NE France, in Champagne and Lorraine (Meuse, Marne, and Ardennes dept.), a hilly and woody district centering around the capital, Sainte-Menehould. Thinly populated, with unimportant cultivation and only small industries, it has been of strategic significance. There, in 1792, the French repulsed the Prussians. The sector was a battleground throughout World War I. In the Allied victory drive (Sept.-Nov., 1918), the Meuse-Argonne sector was carried by the Americans.


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Meaning #1: an American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the Armistice on November 11
  Synonyms: Meuse, Meuse River, Argonne Forest, Meuse-Argonne, Meuse-Argonne operation


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