Battle of Belleau Wood

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World War I battle battle

The Battle of Belleau Wood was a pivotal World War I engagement in 1918 where U.S. Marines, fighting alongside French forces, halted a major German offensive near the Marne and cemented the Marine Corps’ reputation for fierce combat.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Belleau Wood canonical 19
Belleau Wood 3
Battle of Bois de Belleau 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Bois de Belleau

Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
surface form: Bois de Belleau
associatedWith “Devil Dogs” nickname for U.S. Marines ⓘ
“Teufel Hunden” nickname for U.S. Marines ⓘ
belligerent France ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
casualtiesAndLosses heavy on both sides ⓘ
combatant French Army ⓘ
German Army ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
commander James Harbord ⓘ
Jean Degoutte ⓘ
John J. Pershing ⓘ
German Crown Prince Wilhelm ⓘ
surface form: Wilhelm, German Crown Prince
commemoratedBy annual Marine Corps observances ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
country France ⓘ
endDate 1918-06-26 ⓘ
GermanCasualtiesApprox several thousand casualties ⓘ
locatedNear Château-Thierry ⓘ
Marne ⓘ
surface form: Marne River
memorial Aisne-Marne American Cemetery ⓘ
surface form: Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial

Marine Corps monument at Belleau Wood ⓘ
namedAfter Belleau, Aisne ⓘ
surface form: Belleau Wood forest
nearbySettlement Belleau, Aisne ⓘ
partOf German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
surface form: German spring offensive of 1918

Western Front ⓘ
place Battle of Belleau Wood self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Belleau Wood
relatedOperation Second Battle of the Marne ⓘ
Third Battle of the Aisne ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
significance cemented reputation of U.S. Marine Corps for fierce combat ⓘ
major early test of American Expeditionary Forces in combat ⓘ
pivotal engagement of World War I ⓘ
startDate 1918-06-01 ⓘ
strategicOutcome halted German advance toward Paris ⓘ
stabilized Allied line near the Marne ⓘ
tacticalCharacteristic intense close-quarters fighting ⓘ
repeated frontal assaults through wheat fields and woods ⓘ
unitInvolved United States 2nd Infantry Division ⓘ
surface form: 2nd Division (United States)

3rd Brigade (French Army) ⓘ
4th Marine Brigade ⓘ
5th Marine Regiment ⓘ
6th Marines ⓘ
surface form: 6th Marine Regiment
USCasualtiesApprox over 9,000 total casualties ⓘ
USKilledApprox about 1,800 killed ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

5th Marine Regiment → battleHonors → Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
United States 2nd Infantry Division → notableBattle → Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
6th Marines → notableEngagement → Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
Battle of Belleau Wood → place → Battle of Belleau Wood self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belleau Wood
Battle of Belleau Wood → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bois de Belleau
Battle of Belleau Wood → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Bois de Belleau
3rd Battalion, 5th Marines → notableEngagement → Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
Major General Keller E. Rockey → conflict → Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
subject surface form: Keller E. Rockey
Aisne-Marne American Cemetery → locatedNear → Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belleau Wood
Aisne-Marne American Cemetery → commemoratesBattle → Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
United States Armed Forces in World War I → notableBattle → Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
American Expeditionary Forces → engagement → Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) → namedAfter → Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
Third Battle of the Aisne → followedBy → Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
Indianhead Division → notableBattle → Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
2ID → engagement → Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
subject surface form: 2nd Infantry Division
1st Battalion, 6th Marines → notableEngagement → Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
3rd Battalion, 6th Marines → notableEngagement → Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
2nd Infantry Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
2nd Battalion, 6th Marines → notableEngagement → Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
Belleau, Aisne → hasNearbyPlace → Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belleau Wood
Belleau, Aisne → hasNearbyEventSite → Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
3/5 → notableEngagement → Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
subject surface form: 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines
4th Marine Brigade → conflict → Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ