The Price of a Mile Revisited

The invasion of Luxembourg, and its surrounding areas, had resulted in relatively minor gains. However, complete and total disaster had been averted in the process.

Charles de Gaulle, for saving the one million allied men who damn near walked into one of the worst traps in modern military history, had been awarded not only with a promotion to the French equivalent of Brigadier General but also had been given several decorations for the act.

Even so, the man could not help but gaze upon the piles and piles of bodies which the Allied high command had thrown at the problem. The German lines in Elsass-Lothringen had held firm. Every attempt to gain a minor amount of ground had been thoroughly rebuffed and cost a significant amount of lives in the process.