To view items in this collection, use the Online Finding Aid
In August 1918, General John Joseph Pershing of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) initially commanded the U.S. First Army in the attack now called the Meuse-Argonne Offensive (aka Battle of the Argonne Forest, Grand Offensive, or Hundred Days Offensive), east of Verdun, in a joint attempt with the French to cut off the entire German Second Army. General William Mitchell and 500 aircraft from the United States Air Services supported this advance militarily, and also dropped propaganda leaflets over the German lines. The offensive was slow and difficult, was halted on 30th September, and resumed on 4th October. The influenza-weakened German Army began to retreat on 4th November, and fresh troops in the First Army had advanced to the Hindenburg line under the command of Hunter Liggett when the Armistice was announced on 11 November, 1918.
NASM.XXXX.1029
bulk 1918
Donor Firstname Lastname, Gift, Year received
0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of one 8 x 10.5 inch, two-sided, black-and-white leaflet, in German, entitled "Die Note des Präsidenten Wilson vom 23 October 1918."
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
No restrictions on access.
World War I Propaganda Leaflet, "Note from President Wilson" (German), Accession XXXX-1029, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Propaganda
World War, 1914-1918
Aeronautics
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Leaflets