Die Brieftaube Cher Ami und das „verlorene Bataillon“.
Anfang Oktober 1918 geriet die 77. Infanterie-Division der Vereinigten Staaten bei der Maas-Argonnen-Offensive zu weit hinter die deutschen Linien und fand sich plötzlich auf sich allein gestellt. Von allen Seiten unter Beschuß, inklusive aus den eigenen Reihen, ohne ausreichend Verpflegung und Munition, hatten sie schließlich keine andere Wahl mehr, als ihr Leben in die Hände – oder eher Flügel – der kleinen Brieftaube Cher Ami zu geben.
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Quellen:
Musik: Kevin MacLeod:
1) Serpentine Trek - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsZ1Wy-ihIE
2) Ritual - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5n_76-94lk
3) Lasting Hope - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FARcG9U9w2Y
Primärquellen:
(1) https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/nmah_425415
(2) https://americanhistory.si.edu/press/fact-sheets/cher-ami-fact-sheet-century-myth-and-public-memory
(3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Expeditionary_Forces
(4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meuse%E2%80%93Argonne_offensive
(5) https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news/1210-cher-ami-the-pigeon-that-saved-the-lost-battalion.html
(6) https://www.britannica.com/animal/Cher-Ami
(7) https://www.military.com/history/how-pigeon-helped-save-lost-battalion.html
(8) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_W._Whittlesey
(9) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher_Ami
Sekundäre Quellen:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maas-Argonnen-Offensive
https://www.military.com/history/how-pigeon-helped-save-lost-battalion.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pigeon_Service
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-history/2021/07/19/cher-ami/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_in_War_%26_Peace_Medal_of_Bravery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor
Zugriff auf o.g. Quellen: 30.01.24 bis 03.02.24
Bildquellen:
(1) https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/nmah_425415
(2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Lynn
(3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pigeon_Service
(4) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Expeditionary_Forces
(5) https://www.ukphotoarchive.org.uk/photos-animals-in-world-war-one/h41780696#h41780690
(6) https://www.webvilles.net/lb93/france/55/Souhesmes-Rampont/carte/carte-carte-Souhesmes-Rampont-1000px.jpg
(7) War Department. Army War College. Historical Section. World War I Branch. ca. 1918-ca. 1948, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:111-SC-42759_-_NARA_-_55244719-cropped.jpg
(8) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maas-Argonnen-Offensive
(9) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_W._Whittlesey
(10) https://www.imfdb.org/wiki/The_Lost_Battalion_(1919)
(11) The Lost Battalion, Stummfilm aus dem Jahr 1919, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLWzI78D54M
(12) https://www.britannica.com/animal/Cher-Ami
(13) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croix_de_guerre_1914%E2%80%931918_(France)#/media/File:Croix_de_Guerre_1914_1918.jpg
(14) https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/cher-ami-the-smallest-hero-wwi.html
(15) https://www.pigeonracingpigeon.com/whats-new/the-heroic-story-of-cher-ami/
(16) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_in_War_%26_Peace_Medal_of_Bravery
(17) https://www.royalsignalsmuseum.co.uk/ww1-ww2-communications/
(18) https://www.military-history.org/feature/pigeons-at-passchendaele.htm
(19) https://cecom.army.mil/PDF/Historian/Feature%202/Hero%20Pigeons/Liles%20Boy,%20WWII%20Hero%20Pigeon.pdf (Bild zur weiblichen Schreibweise wg. Geschlechtsfrage)
(20) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0287535/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_The%2520Lost%2520Batt
(21) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010386/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2_tt_8_nm_0_q_The%2520Lost%2520Batt
(22) Sabbaton: The Lost Batallion, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSZtV72f-uw
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