The Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge (3 October to 27 October 1918) occurred during

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, northeast of

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, in

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. The US Army's 2nd Infantry Division and the 36th Infantry Division alongside the French Fourth Army opposed the

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's 200th and 213th divisions, along with portions of six additional German divisions. The result of this battle was the expulsion of the Imperial German Army from the Champagne Region.

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