WW1 Meuse-Argonne Map Sedan Operation Trench 1st Division WWI US France

Description

French map with English additions of the WWI Attack of 16 Nov 1918 and the Sedan Operation, as part of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive by the US 1st Division. Includes headquarters, positions, trenches, etc.
Measures about 30" x 21" unfolded and 10" x 7" folded. On the back when folded is "MAP No. X SEDAN OPERATION."
Very good condition with a few small tears as shown. The paper is brittle. The differences in color tone on the map are from my lighting setup.
Displays extremely well. A nice addition for the WWI, 1st Division, or map collector.
Fast turnaround and well-packed shipping.
I found this interesting piece of history when researching this map:
Douglas MacArthur (center), by then a Brigadier General, being awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by General Pershing after the Armistice.  Privately, MacArthur wrote that the operations around Sedan “narrowly missed being one of the great tragedies of American history” due to Pershing’s favoritism towards the 1st Division.
November 6 1918, Sedan–The American breakthrough that began on November 1 had continued with little sign of stopping, despite heavy fire from rearguard German machine guns.  By dusk on November 6, they had reached the outskirts of Sedan, eighteen miles north of Barricourt, which they had taken five days earlier.  Sedan was a key strategic point, marking the closest point to the Allies of the lateral railway running behind the length of the Western Front from Strasbourg and Metz to Lille.  For four years, the Germans had used this to quickly move reserves along their interior lines to threatened sections of the front.  When German traffic halted on this railroad on November 6, this left four German armies isolated, dependent on the Belgian railways.
Arguably more important, however, was the symbolic value of Sedan, the site of the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian war that cost them Alsace-Lorraine and set the stage for the current conflict.  The French wanted to retake the town themselves, and initial plans for the advance called for precisely that.  Pershing was determined to have the honor for his own troops, however, and ignored the planned lines of advance.  In an even more questionable action, Pershing wanted the 1st Division to take the city, and shifted them across two other divisions in the middle of the battle accordingly.  This caused extreme confusion in an army already struggling with supply difficulties, and extreme resentment in the 42nd Division, which was displaced by the move.  The two divisions occasionally came to blows; Col. Douglas MacArthur, the chief of staff of the 42nd Division was even briefly arrested by the 1st Division, ostensibly due to suspicion that he was a German spy.