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La Bataille du bois de Belleau est une bataille de la Première Guerre mondiale. Elle fut d'une grande importance psychologique, car elle marqua le premier engagement des troupes américaines de l'American Expeditionary Force, placé sous le commandement en chef du général John Pershing, ainsi que le début de la grande contre-offensive alliée de 1918.

 

The Battle of Belleau Wood (1 June 1918 – 26 June 1918) occurred during the German 1918 Spring Offensive in World War I, near the Marne River in France. The battle was fought between the U.S. Second (under the command of Major General Omar Bundy) and Third Divisions and an assortment of German units including elements from the 237th, 10th, 197th, 87th, and 28th Divisions.[2]

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