In World War I, Major Charles White Whittlesey leads a 500-man battalion in a doomed attack against German forces in the Argonne Forest. With his communications cut and support troops retreating, Whittlesey holds his ground against overwhelming odds, surrounded by the enemy. Despite dire conditions, only 200 men survive the five-day siege.
The Lost Battalion
In the midst of World War I, a large contingent of American soldiers is trapped in the Argonne Forest, desperately attempting to stay alive as the war rages on in October 1918 France.
