The Western Front of World War I

African American Army units distinguished themselves in numerous battles on the Western Front, and took part in the Meuse-Argonne offensive which helped end the war. The 369th Infantry (Harlem Hellfighters ), attached to French forces, was the first Allied unit to reach the Rhine River, Germany's heatland. African colonial units also served on the Western Front, the Dardenelles, and throughtout eastern Africa, oftentimes used by opposing European powers.