Imagine a moving wall of fire advancing exactly 100 meters every two minutes, with thousands of untested American Doughboys walking in a deadly, synchronized dance mere yards behind the blast radius. In this episode of pplpod, we conduct a structural archaeology of the 1918 Battle of Cantigny, deconstructing the first major WWI Offensive in United States history. We unpack the "30-Minute Triumph," analyzing how the 28th Infantry Regiment swarmed the high ground and cleared the village in just half an hour. We deconstruct the massive reliance on French Logistics, exploring how the American force lacked the heavy machinery of modern war and required 368 French guns, flamethrowers, and Combined Arms support from the Schneider tanks of the 5th Tank B ...