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Major Land Battles for the United States

Major Land Battles for the United States. April 1917 to November 1918 . Battles. Marne -2 nd Aisne-2 nd Ypres - 3 rd Aisne - 3 rd. Cantigny Chateau-Thierry Belleau Wood Le Hamel . Participants in War. Allied Powers Belgium France Great Britain Greece Italy Japan

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Major Land Battles for the United States

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  1. Major Land Battles for the United States April 1917 to November 1918

  2. Battles • Marne -2nd • Aisne-2nd • Ypres - 3rd • Aisne - 3rd • Cantigny • Chateau-Thierry • Belleau Wood • Le Hamel

  3. Participants in War Allied Powers • Belgium • France • Great Britain • Greece • Italy • Japan • Portugal • Russia • United States Central Powers • Austria- Hungary • Bulgaria • Germany • Turkey

  4. Aisne-2nd April 16, 1917 France • Leaders • Robert Nivelle • Charles Mangin • Francois Anthoine • Olivier Mazel • 187,000 casualties • Strength • 1 million troops • 7,000 guns Germany • Leaders • Max von Boehm • Fritz von Below • Erich Ludendorff • 168,000 casualties • 480,000 troops • Victory • Between Soissons and Reims, France

  5. Aisne- 3rd May 27, 1918 France, United Kingdom, United States • Leaders • Denis AugusteDuchêne • Alexander Hamilton-Gordon • 127,000 casualties Germany • Captured 50,000 Allied soldiers in three days • Leaders • Erich Ludendorff • Crown Prince Wilhelm • 130,000 casualties • Aisne River near Paris, France

  6. Erich Ludendorff

  7. Belleau Wood June 6, 1918 France, British Empire, United States • Leaders • John Pershing • James Harbord • 2,000 casualties • 8,000 wounded • Victory Germany • Leaders • Crown Prince Wilhelm • 1,600 captured • Belleau Wood near Paris, France • Ended June 26 1918

  8. John “Blackjack” Pershing

  9. Cantigny May 28, 1918 United States and France • Robert Lee Bullard • 1, 067 United States casualties • US captured 100-250 German prisoners • Victory Germany • Oskar von Hutier • Cantigny

  10. Chateau-Thierry June 3, 1918 United States, France, Belgium • Victory Germany • Château – Thierry, Aisne, France

  11. Le Hamel July 4, 1918 Australia, United States, United Kingdom • 1,000 casualties • Victory German Empire • captured around 1,500 German prisoners • Hamel, France • offensive techniques like artillery, tanks, and aircrafts

  12. Marne -2nd July 15, 1918 France, United Kingdom, United States, Italy • Leaders • Ferdinand Foch • Strength • 58 divisions • 408 guns • 346 tanks • victory • 140,000 Casualties • Marked the end of the string of German victories German Empire • Leaders • Erich Ludendorff • Max von Boehm • Strength • 52 divisions • 609 guns • 140,000 dead or wounded • 30,000 captured • 800 guns lost • Marne River near Paris, France • Ended August 1918

  13. Ypres – 3rd July 31, 1917 United Kingdom and France • British Expeditionary Force 310,000 causalities • Leaders • Douglas Haig • Hubert Gough • Herbert Plummer • Arthur Currie • John Monash German Empire • 260,000 casualties • Leaders • Erich Ludendorff • Ended November 6, 1917 • Also known as Passchendaele • Passendale, Belgium • 5th bloodiest battle of WW1

  14. 100 Days Offensive August 8,1918 France, British Empire (United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa), United States, Belgium, Portugal • Killed, wounded, prisoners • French 531,000 • British 412,000 • American 127,000 • Total 1,070,000 German Empire and Austria – Hungary • Killed and wounded 785,000 • 386,000 prisioners • Total 1,172,000 • The most bloodiest battle of WW1

  15. Sources • http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/ypres3.htm • http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/cantigny.htm • http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/all.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Marne • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hamel • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Belleau_Wood • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ch%C3%A2teau-Thierry_(1918) • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cantigny

  16. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Aisne • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Battle_of_the_Aisne • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Days_Offensive • http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bloodiest-battles-of-world-war-i.php • http://hamelbattlefieldtour.voila.net/page7/index.html

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