THE LOST BATTALION (3/9)

It began on October 2, 1918, when the men of the U.S. Army's 77th Division, 308th Battalion had surrounded by German troops in the Argonne Forest. Without food, water or reserve ammunition, cut off from supply and communication lines, and subjected to constant assaults and bombardments, they managed to hold off the enemy until they had finally rescued after five days of desperate action.

This A&E Original Movie brings their harrowing ordeal to life. Directed by Russell Mulcahy (Ricochet, Highlander), THE LOST BATTALION stars Rick Schroder (NYPD Blue, Crimson Tide) as Major Charles Whittlesey, the civilian-turned-soldier who won the Congressional Medal of Honor for keeping his outnumbered troops alive and fighting in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.

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Film & Animation

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• LOST
• BATTALION
• (3/9)

[joejo1559]

@krementz0 soz i was confused

[krementz0]

@joejo1559 ..... Look at the guns and uniforms its obvious

[XxXMeowMixXxX]

@joejo1559 ww1 

[joejo1559]

s this ww1 or ww2

[harlequin2262]

@onebigfatguy

Considering the supply situation, I think they were boned either which way. Too little, too late.

[wcerule77]

the us did shit all in ww1 aussies were one of the best soldiers

[onebigfatguy]

@harlequin2262 Unless you count the battle of the Bulge where Hitler spent 300,000 of Germany's last fighting men only for that to fail thus making the war end sooner then it would have if he had used those men to dig in around Germany itself which could have forced the war to keep going into 1946.

[MrMoseroth]

I'd just like to go back in time with s bullet proof shield and a browning 50 cal and get myself some souvenirs from the trenches of German's I'd kill.

[Themesticks]

if you watch the whole film... you'll realised its a load of hollywood bollocks

[harlequin2262]

@buffaloSabrespommy

Britain was doing fine. Production of pretty much everything increased over the course of the war. Battle of Britain was the tight point, but past that they weren't in that bad a position. Russia already did the lion's share of fighting. Just remember that for every hot battle on the western front, there'd already been one 10 times the size on the eastern. Most German Casualties were against the Russians. They lost the cream of their army.