Chaloner Why this particular engagement?because it was specifically American .The Allies were loosing hundreds of thousands of troops every month before the involvement of the United States. At the end of ww1 the British had lost close to a million men that included those countries which were part of her empire .The worst day alone for the British army was in 1916 at the battle of the Somme 60,000 casualties on the first day .The Canadians lost thousands at Vimmy ridge .In a four month engagement at a place called Passondale the third battle Ypers both the Germans and the Allies lost 500,000 men .Every soldier that fought during ww1 had there own stories to tell regardless of the flag they fought under .For most European nations like Britain it left deep enduring trauma.With respect to the marines who fought and died at Belleau Wood it was a little piece of a much bigger war .
@@chrisholland7367 the actions of 1916-17 wouldn't have mattered if fresh American troops were not ready to be put into the line and check those German divisions transferred from the eastern front. All would've been for nothing.
I've seen Saving Private Ryan enough to recognize the ripped audio. Nothing against my the bravery of my elder brother Marines depicted here, but they deserve their own sound effects.
A relative of mine made it through the entire battle. He was part of the 2nd Division, 23rd Infantry. The 23rd fought alongside the 5th Marines if I’m not mistaken. They were both in reserve and were called up to plug a gap the Germans punched in the line. My relative was killed though about a month after Belleau Wood ended during the Battle of Soissons.
One of my great great uncles died in the battle on June 10th from gas. His brother survived the battle but was shot and gassed. He survived his wounds only to die from the Spanish Flu 9 days after the Armistice. Their other brother lost an arm but made it home alive. The two that died are buried at Arlington National Cemetary
Semper Fi & Oohrah. USMC 1964---68. These Marines and many more did more than just an outstanding job R.I.P. And may we all carry on in the highest Tradition of The United States Marine Corps. God Bless.
@Jack Tangles Marine Infantryman here, Both Army and Marine Infantry are good. Both have great achievements. The difference between the Army infantry and Marine infantry is all our Infantry Battalions are extremely good, whereas the Army has fewer top-notch Infantry battalions This Battle is why the Marines are called devil-dogs.
Bellau Wood Campaign 31 May - 1 July 31 May 1918 - French 6th Army issues Field Order No 5 - the Americans are advised to pull back but only obey the last order. US commanders also reject the French command to send their units in piece meal. They instead wait for the MG battalion and the artillery to come up (the men have 100rds per man). 2 June 1918 - the Germans start noticing resistence everywhere, French 155s firing in support of the Americans run out of shells 3 June 1918 - The French evacuate Bellau Wood. US 12th Field Artillery moves up to support the Marine brigade. At Les Mares farm 2/5 Marines begin engaging the Germans with long range rifle and machinegun fire. At this time a French major orders the Marines near Hill 142 to withdraw, the order is countermanded with a laconic reply: " Retreat. Hell, we just got here!" A 6th Regt Marine's body is captured and taken to IV Reserve Corps HQ 5 June 1918 - the first German patrol (squad size) is wiped out, survivors captured. US artillery engages in counter battery fire 6 June 1918 - 0345hrs -1/5 attacks 3rd Bat/460th Regt (German infantry) on Hill 142 A small unit of Marines enters Torcy but is killed to a man 0600 resistance on H142 is swept aside, a 1km deep salient is created in the German lines. The Marines' left remains exposed until 1100 until the French arrive. One German report records 2000 casualties but is confused as to the identity of the enemy. They remained convinced they were being attacked by the British. 1200 - 1/5's action is complete, counterattacks repelled. Its casualties: 8 off. 325 men. 4th Marine Brigade Field Order No. 2 - attack the Bouresches-Torcy line starting with Bellau Wood. (Marine commanders intended it to be a surprise attack, believing the German presence to be small, therefore no recon was done and no liaison created with 12th Field Art. The Germans of the 237th and 10th Divs had in reality dug themselves in thoroughly from 2-5 June after expelling the French from the woods.) The general direction of advance was NE from H142 and Bois St. Martin 6 June 1918 - 1700 - 3/5's advance is repelled, footholds in the northern woods gained. 2/6 and 3/6 make good headway on the southern end. 2030 - the French have stopped advancing on the left. Bouresches is taken and held by 600 Marines and held against counter-attacks. 6 June 1918 - evening - only the rear German positions are shelled due to the confusion of how far the Marines had actually advanced. 6 June 1918 - Casualties 228 officers and men killed, German total casualties 602 KIA/WIA/POW/missing, 30% of the woods taken The army regiment south of Bellau Wood (23rd US Inf, Bois de Clerembauts area) was generally confused by the orders given at or after 1700 as to their participation. One battalion moved forward while others stayed put waiting for the Marines to make headway in the southern woods. 3/23 advanced and took Hill 192. 1/23 advanced only after the Marines took Bouresches. Units of the 23rd Infantry returned to their old positions on the morning of the 7th. That same day 9th Infantry fought with French colonials near Hill 204. Meanwhile the Germans bring in fresh troops (elements of 5th Guards) 8 June 1918 - 3/6 resumes the offensive at 0400 in the southern woods (the mortar barrage preceeding it is largely ineffectual) Advancing on a two company front they capture a handful of MGs but are ultimately prevented from making any significant headway. They pull back at 1230 to let the artillery do its work. US artillery drops 34,000 shells into Bellau Wood by 9 June. 9 June 1918 - 0630 - Field Order No. 3 - 1/6 re-takes the southern woods vacated by 3/6 a few days prior, makes good headway, casualties are light, the artillery seems to have had good effect. 11 June 1918 - 0430 - Field Order No. 4 - 2/5 executes a frontal assault on the center where 3/5 failed previously. Its 2nd wave closes in with the machinegunners, breaks into the woods and tries to hook up with 1/6 on its right at 0800. 2 German officers are captured along with 169 men (40th Regt). * In reality this frontal assault turned into a flank attack, 1/5 split to the north and south, hitting the Germans in front of 1/6 in the flank. They did not hook up with 1/6 that day and their left was exposed to the northern woods. Marine cas. 6 off. 176 men KIA/WIA/missing. 2 companies of Germans destroyed, 400 POWs, 30 MGs captured. German reports for these days (237th and 28th Divs) show that increasing blame was being put on the 40th Regt for losing the woods (2/5's attack seems to have been decisive, despite its poor bearings). 12 June 1918 - 1730 - 2/5 resumes its attack northwards (the artillery preparation seems to have had no effect). 3 Marine companies push the 237th into the northern third of the woods where isolated groups of Germans fought isolated groups of Marines. 2/5's reserve company is put into action. 60% of the woods now in Marine hands. 13 June 1918 - 0350 - Germans attack Bouresches, the Marines hold but for some reason the nearby Army unit gets the impression that the Marines were wiped out and thus called artillery down on them. The fire mission is cancelled before it can do any harm (Marine battalion commander already furious) 1650 hrs - Brigade Field Order No. 5 - orders repositioning and consolidation. afternoon - the Germans launch a last resort gas attack (mustard). It devastates 1/6 and 2/6. The masks dont come off for 6 hours. That night the Army's 23rd Inf. relieves the Marines in Bouresches. 14 June 1918 - The Germans do not attempt another offensive in Bellau Wood (the position being recently gassed). Records show that the Germans were suffering from influenza at this time. 3/4 of the woods are by now in Marine hands, all battalions suffering over 50% casualties. 16 June 1918 - 1430 - Field Order No. 6 - 7th US Inf (3rd US Div) is brought in from another sector to relieve the Marine Brigade. The Army makes no headway, most of its units are not engaged in the remaining northern part of the woods. They rightfully blamed the division's artillery on their lack of success. The Germans identified the 7th by the body of a soldier captured by a patrol from the 87th. 23 June 1918 - 2/5 relieves the 7th Inf. 3/5 receives special weapons such as trench mortars, French rifle grenade launchers and hand grenades. 3/5 begins sending out snipers and men with rifle grenades. The Germans 461st reports suffering greatly from these. 1900 - 3/5 goes forward to clear the remaining norther quarter of the woods, takes out a few MG positions but is generally rebuffed by well dug in Germans. 104 casualties (all types) 25 June 1918 - 0300 - 3/5 withdraws south to give the division's artillery the space to pound the Germans. Beginning at 0300, 6 batteries of artillery (4 batts of 155s) open up on an area 600x600m square and do not let up intil 1700 that day. The fire is lifted and 3/5 advances again. By dawn of the 26th the Marines push the remaining Germans out of the woods. Maj. Shearer declares: "Bellau Woods now US Marine Corps entirely" (to Gen. Harbord). Casualties for the German 347th Regt are 374 KIA or missing and 66 WIA, 307 EPOW. The days after are relatively quiet. Two companies are relieved to participate in the July 4th parade in Paris. On 5 July the relief of the Marine brigade begins while the Army's 3rd brigade (after 3 wks of defensive action) prepare for their assault of Vaux (on the Paris Metz road SE of Bellau Wood, south in army territory) Field Order No. 9 (Division) 30 June - final dispositions to be made for the attack on Vaux. It is to be largely a 3rd Brigade operation with US and French artillery support and also French air support. Marines will be held in reserve. The assault began on 1 July at 6pm. It was the most meticulously planned operation of the war for the 2nd Division. Field Order No. 10 (Division) - The 2nd US Division is to be relieved by the 26th US Div. (National Guard) starting 3 July and ending 9 July. American air power is present for the relief in place. Organization of the 2nd US Infantry Division 1917-18 3rd Brigade - 9th and 23rd Infantry Regiments + 5th MG Bn. 4th Brigade (Marine) - 5th and 6th Marine Regiments + 6th MG Bn. 2nd Artillery Brigade - 12th, 15th , 17th Field Artillery 2nd Engineers Available manpower on 31 May 1918 - 25,614 men and 1064 officers Casualties 1 June - 10 July 1918 - 9,560 men 217 offiers, of which 3,022 men and 41 officers were gassed (1/3). Replacements received: 6,200. Strength on 10 July with replacements: 23,275 men and 963 officers 3rd Brigade casualties (all types): 3, 184 men and 68 officers 4th Brigade casualties (all types): 5,057 Marines and 126 officers (the hardest hit was 2/6 largely due to the gas attack late in the battle for Bellau Wood . 2/6 never made a frontal attack)
Kill, fight, die That's what a soldier should do Top of their game, earning their name They were the Devil dogs In a war machine They were the USA marines
Dogs lead ahed and attack through the lead at the test at the battle of Belleau , clearing the forest and advance through the trees, it's the end of the war that's in sight, hill 142 it's a final breakthrough, it's a key to controlling the battlefield , second to none a marine and their gun and all foes drop in fear of their name
It’s a real shame we haven’t really seen any show or movie about the United States involvement in WW1. While the Lost Battalion from 2001 was definitely a nice little piece. It be really nice to see a movie about the Americans either at the Second Battle of Somme or Second Battle of Marne.
The Marine that yelled "Come on you sons of bitches do you want to live for ever!" at Belleau Wood was going to get a THIRD Medal of Honor for his heroism but the US Government felt like that was too many Medals of Honor for one guy and gave him a Navy Cross instead. The guy was a legend we sung many songs about his great deeds of battle when I was in the Marine Corps.
The Marines were America's only really professional force at the time. Army units were generally created and called up as needed, which wasn't often during peacetime. The Marines, however, were used as a sort of expeditionary force by the US. For most of the leadership, this would not have been their first time in combat.
The American military leadership in World War One, much like the European one, never fully came to terms with the power of the machine gun. Even right before the war ended, you often read of accounts of America soldiers getting mowed down while making frontal assaults on enemy trenches. To me the slaughter in World War One was inexcusable because the American civil war should have shown that those tactics were obsolete, as modern weaponry had given the advantage to the defense.
Actually the chuachat was used by the AEF as well as the Lewis, now the BAR was made in 1918 and handed to some units but it was usually a rarity which led to the appearance of the chuachat and Lewis gun was more common than the BAR in the hands of AEF soldiers, contrary to what some may think.
Predator Airsoft well no my comment was actually onto the fact of that the chauchat was very common to to not feed correctly or jam a lot due to multiple reasons. Some of them could be a open magazine into which you could see the rounds of the chauchat in the magazine into which mud dirt and muck In general could get in( with trenches being very common to have pretty bad conditions) and also generally not just the magazine was just open to mud and other parts most of the other parts of the gun could get mud into and not feed. And also multiple soldiers didn’t really like the gun that much. But with out these problems the gun could be reliable and useful into combat. But I shall thank you for comment
The magazine did have dirt and mud issues but was supposedly amplified when the gun was rechambered from the French 8mm (?) to take the US 30-06 ammunition. By the time they fixed the feed problems the BAR was in service.
legoboy: What would happen? It's not like notching your bayonet blade. AND... you would have to get to him. I would much rather have a Winchester Trench Sweeper with a bayonet, and Nbr. 2 or 3 buckshot, than anything else during trench warfare.
HemlockRidge Well the Germans Hatted shotuns cause they said there where to inhuman and they asked the Americans to not use them and to take them off the battle field and they refused and then the Germans threaten to kill any soldiers that carried a shotgun or even shells, even if they surrender where shot dead
@Rifleman If so, it didn't stop the Marines (and Army) from using them. Winchester Model 1896s are in fact devastating at close range. The same gun was used in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. I saw a picture of a soldier with one during the Gulf War.
Well the war was definitely won. Not sure if Marines running into well positioned machine gun fire helped that much. I like to think so. Many historians do.
This was the 3rd German offensive, the allies were demoralized, Soissons had fallen and the Germans were fairly close to Paris, with French troops struggling to plug the line. This victory restored allied morale. There would be 3 more German offensives, the Americans were crucial in re-taking Soissons. The Marines of the 2nd US ID were chosen as the spearhead. So you should probably get your timeline in order.
Actually, US involvement in WW1 was the worst thing that could've happened. The European combatants on both sides were getting ground to a bloody stalemate and getting tired of the war, what could've (and likely would've) happened instead was a negotiated peace settlement/draw - no treaty of Versailles, etc. No Hitler later down the line, etc. America should've listened to the isolationists and left the Europeans to it - America knew well Germany was in no position whatsoever to help Mexico recover Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico. RMS Lusitania was a perfectly valid military target. The innocent people who died in the sinking of that ship were used as human shields by the Brits. Tearing strips out of each other every few years was a European tradition anyway.
One of the only times a bayonet charge won the day over the machine gun. Pure skill determination tenacity and lots of luck was the only things that defeated the German lines those days at Belleau Wood. The Marines gained so much ground the dumbfounded stupefied allied commanders in the rear didnt know what to do and squandered the opportunity. The Germans later just took back all the ground those Marines worked so hard and spilled so much blood taking.
WWI always stands out from the other because of the horrible ways people were killed. Even though WWII had many more casualties, WWI was like a factory of death, instead of dying in a skirmish, you and all of your friends marched to your deaths. Imagine having to cope with the knowledge that you all of you allies could be killed after one decision.
Knowing people wearing EGAs were running into machine gun fire hurts because it seems so stupid and unnecessary. Surely there was another way beside human waves. Anyone who has ever been a Marine can envision and silently acknowledge how this happened.
How? In 1918, modern warfare was very much in its infancy and tactics hadn't caught up with technology yet. Air power was very limited, tanks had only just been invented, and artillery barrages could only help so much. Not to mention communication was limited. I mean, they were still using carrier pigeons in WW1. I wouldn't blame Marine leadership for it, pretty much every country fighting in WW1 were doing it. You've got to remember that back then, taking casualties (even heavy casualties) was accepted as the price of doing business in war. WW1, WW2, etc generals would actually be quite bemused at the way every combat death is treated as a tragedy today.
From this battle the USMC selected a Marine for an undercover operation his name was CPL. Tank Dempsey, his mission was to gain Intel on a German science division in the border line of france, he was to meet with a Russian, and a Japanese these 2 would assist him on gaining Intel and sabotaging the German division base, after making contact of the location CPL, Tank Dempsey was reported as MIA and later yet unofficially KIA due to the time it was most people presumed it, however reports say of a group made up of a german, russian, Japanese, and an American has been made with them wearing the standard gear for there military during wwi, reports say the American was Tank Dempsey none of these claims are official due to lack of evidence and high concentration of an unknown element found on Dempseys mission location
@@cristobalalvarez5491 Historically inaccurate nonsense. There were two U.S. Army divisions in the battle of Belleau Wood (plus British and French forces), and one brigade of Marines. Most of the killing, fighting, and dying was by the Army. The reason why the USMC involvement is famous is because they had an embedded reporter who violated OPSEC and broadcasted the involvement of the Marines to the American public. There is no evidence the Germans in WW1 ever called the USMC devil dogs either.
@Cleetus Yeetus I don’t think Trump was referring to the troops in combat as cowards, but to the men who became prisoners of war. Of course, this was meant to be an insult to the memory of John McCain. But the way I see it, McCain was there (in Vietnam), and didn’t take the cowards way out by getting draft deferments.
Trump called the US marines who died in that battle "losers." He refused to go to the cemetery because it was raining and he was worried it would mess up his hair. Then he lied twice saying the rain might screw up the helicopter (wtf??), and that the secret service wouldn't drive him up there.
Trump on TV said he called the WH and spoke to Melania about how despearately he wanted to go (ROFL, yeah right), only Melania was with him in France at that time. The lying sack of shit will lie lie lie, anything to get elected again
@@williampierce4513 yeah he did. But even with video evidence you'd deny it. I told a friend of mine who worshipped him too about how he wants to fuck his own daughter and showed him the video when he was on Oprah saying so, and that friend told me it was "Hollywood propaganda" and refused to believe it. You people are REALLY sick... This sort of thing shouldn't be able to happen in an advanced western democracy, but here you are...
Seriously they need to make a large scale movie about the Battle of Belleau Wood.
Chaloner Why this particular engagement?because it was specifically American .The Allies were loosing hundreds of thousands of troops every month before the involvement of the United States. At the end of ww1 the British had lost close to a million men that included those countries which were part of her empire .The worst day alone for the British army was in 1916 at the battle of the Somme 60,000 casualties on the first day .The Canadians lost thousands at Vimmy ridge .In a four month engagement at a place called Passondale the third battle Ypers both the Germans and the Allies lost 500,000 men .Every soldier that fought during ww1 had there own stories to tell regardless of the flag they fought under .For most European nations like Britain it left deep enduring trauma.With respect to the marines who fought and died at Belleau Wood it was a little piece of a much bigger war .
Chris Holland Let the British Make their own movie.
@@chrisholland7367 the actions of 1916-17 wouldn't have mattered if fresh American troops were not ready to be put into the line and check those German divisions transferred from the eastern front. All would've been for nothing.
@@chrisholland7367 why make any battle when there was a bigger battle than it?
I will.
I've seen Saving Private Ryan enough to recognize the ripped audio. Nothing against my the bravery of my elder brother Marines depicted here, but they deserve their own sound effects.
Pretty sure I can literally hear Tom Sizemore screaming “Cap’n Miller!!”
M1 pings lmao
Respect from an old army ranger. (Bco & HHC 1/75 and Cco 509th Pathfinders)
@@audrifaith7911 and the mg42… Maxims and other watercooled guns didnt have such a high rate of fire lmao
Yo skittles, it was WW1. And CNN combat photojournalism wasn't invented yet to bring you live audio and video.
A relative of mine made it through the entire battle. He was part of the 2nd Division, 23rd Infantry. The 23rd fought alongside the 5th Marines if I’m not mistaken. They were both in reserve and were called up to plug a gap the Germans punched in the line. My relative was killed though about a month after Belleau Wood ended during the Battle of Soissons.
Those two units would fight together again in the Korean War
One of my great great uncles died in the battle on June 10th from gas. His brother survived the battle but was shot and gassed. He survived his wounds only to die from the Spanish Flu 9 days after the Armistice. Their other brother lost an arm but made it home alive. The two that died are buried at Arlington National Cemetary
Same with 9th Infantry Regiment
Semper Fi & Oohrah. USMC 1964---68. These Marines and many more did more than just an outstanding job R.I.P. And may we all carry on in the highest Tradition of The United States Marine Corps. God Bless.
Well done. I only wish it was longer.
That’s what she said
Man I love the marines
Who doesnt
@@FrankdaFrickinTank President of The United States called these specific guys "losers" and "suckers"
@@alexjohnward Well didnt like him anyways
@Jack Tangles read some history.
@Jack Tangles Marine Infantryman here, Both Army and Marine Infantry are good. Both have great achievements. The difference between the Army infantry and Marine infantry is all our Infantry Battalions are extremely good, whereas the Army has fewer top-notch Infantry battalions This Battle is why the Marines are called devil-dogs.
SABATON!!!! DEVIL DOGS! Is someone gonna put the song with this when it comes out??
Cool video. Anyone else think the audio is from Saving Private Ryan?
It is.
Yeah you can hear the MG-42 rip for a second
Really sheds a tear to my eye respect to all those marines
VERY WELL DONE!, God Bless!, Could use own audio though, but this is really good!
Bellau Wood Campaign 31 May - 1 July
31 May 1918 - French 6th Army issues Field Order No 5 - the Americans are advised to pull back but only obey the last order. US commanders also reject the French command to send their units in piece meal. They instead wait for the MG battalion and the artillery to come up (the men have 100rds per man).
2 June 1918 - the Germans start noticing resistence everywhere, French 155s firing in support of the Americans run out of shells
3 June 1918 - The French evacuate Bellau Wood. US 12th Field Artillery moves up to support the Marine brigade. At Les Mares farm 2/5 Marines begin engaging the Germans with long range rifle and machinegun fire. At this time a French major orders the Marines near Hill 142 to withdraw, the order is countermanded with a laconic reply: " Retreat. Hell, we just got here!" A 6th Regt Marine's body is captured and taken to IV Reserve Corps HQ
5 June 1918 - the first German patrol (squad size) is wiped out, survivors captured. US artillery engages in counter battery fire
6 June 1918 - 0345hrs -1/5 attacks 3rd Bat/460th Regt (German infantry) on Hill 142
A small unit of Marines enters Torcy but is killed to a man
0600 resistance on H142 is swept aside, a 1km deep salient is created in the German lines. The Marines' left remains exposed until 1100 until the French arrive. One German report records 2000 casualties but is confused as to the identity of the enemy. They remained convinced they were being attacked by the British.
1200 - 1/5's action is complete, counterattacks repelled. Its casualties: 8 off. 325 men.
4th Marine Brigade Field Order No. 2 - attack the Bouresches-Torcy line starting with Bellau Wood. (Marine commanders intended it to be a surprise attack, believing the German presence to be small, therefore no recon was done and no liaison created with 12th Field Art. The Germans of the 237th and 10th Divs had in reality dug themselves in thoroughly from 2-5 June after expelling the French from the woods.) The general direction of advance was NE from H142 and Bois St. Martin
6 June 1918 - 1700 - 3/5's advance is repelled, footholds in the northern woods gained.
2/6 and 3/6 make good headway on the southern end.
2030 - the French have stopped advancing on the left. Bouresches is taken and held by 600 Marines and held against counter-attacks.
6 June 1918 - evening - only the rear German positions are shelled due to the confusion of how far the Marines had actually advanced.
6 June 1918 - Casualties 228 officers and men killed, German total casualties 602 KIA/WIA/POW/missing, 30% of the woods taken
The army regiment south of Bellau Wood (23rd US Inf, Bois de Clerembauts area) was generally confused by the orders given at or after 1700 as to their participation. One battalion moved forward while others stayed put waiting for the Marines to make headway in the southern woods. 3/23 advanced and took Hill 192. 1/23 advanced only after the Marines took Bouresches. Units of the 23rd Infantry returned to their old positions on the morning of the 7th. That same day 9th Infantry fought with French colonials near Hill 204. Meanwhile the Germans bring in fresh troops (elements of 5th Guards)
8 June 1918 - 3/6 resumes the offensive at 0400 in the southern woods (the mortar barrage preceeding it is largely ineffectual) Advancing on a two company front they capture a handful of MGs but are ultimately prevented from making any significant headway. They pull back at 1230 to let the artillery do its work. US artillery drops 34,000 shells into Bellau Wood by 9 June.
9 June 1918 - 0630 - Field Order No. 3 - 1/6 re-takes the southern woods vacated by 3/6 a few days prior, makes good headway, casualties are light, the artillery seems to have had good effect.
11 June 1918 - 0430 - Field Order No. 4 - 2/5 executes a frontal assault on the center where 3/5 failed previously. Its 2nd wave closes in with the machinegunners, breaks into the woods and tries to hook up with 1/6 on its right at 0800. 2 German officers are captured along with 169 men (40th Regt). * In reality this frontal assault turned into a flank attack, 1/5 split to the north and south, hitting the Germans in front of 1/6 in the flank. They did not hook up with 1/6 that day and their left was exposed to the northern woods. Marine cas. 6 off. 176 men KIA/WIA/missing. 2 companies of Germans destroyed, 400 POWs, 30 MGs captured.
German reports for these days (237th and 28th Divs) show that increasing blame was being put on the 40th Regt for losing the woods (2/5's attack seems to have been decisive, despite its poor bearings).
12 June 1918 - 1730 - 2/5 resumes its attack northwards (the artillery preparation seems to have had no effect). 3 Marine companies push the 237th into the northern third of the woods where isolated groups of Germans fought isolated groups of Marines. 2/5's reserve company is put into action. 60% of the woods now in Marine hands.
13 June 1918 - 0350 - Germans attack Bouresches, the Marines hold but for some reason the nearby Army unit gets the impression that the Marines were wiped out and thus called artillery down on them. The fire mission is cancelled before it can do any harm (Marine battalion commander already furious)
1650 hrs - Brigade Field Order No. 5 - orders repositioning and consolidation.
afternoon - the Germans launch a last resort gas attack (mustard). It devastates 1/6 and 2/6. The masks dont come off for 6 hours. That night the Army's 23rd Inf. relieves the Marines in Bouresches.
14 June 1918 - The Germans do not attempt another offensive in Bellau Wood (the position being recently gassed). Records show that the Germans were suffering from influenza at this time. 3/4 of the woods are by now in Marine hands, all battalions suffering over 50% casualties.
16 June 1918 - 1430 - Field Order No. 6 - 7th US Inf (3rd US Div) is brought in from another sector to relieve the Marine Brigade. The Army makes no headway, most of its units are not engaged in the remaining northern part of the woods. They rightfully blamed the division's artillery on their lack of success. The Germans identified the 7th by the body of a soldier captured by a patrol from the 87th.
23 June 1918 - 2/5 relieves the 7th Inf. 3/5 receives special weapons such as trench mortars, French rifle grenade launchers and hand grenades. 3/5 begins sending out snipers and men with rifle grenades. The Germans 461st reports suffering greatly from these.
1900 - 3/5 goes forward to clear the remaining norther quarter of the woods, takes out a few MG positions but is generally rebuffed by well dug in Germans. 104 casualties (all types)
25 June 1918 - 0300 - 3/5 withdraws south to give the division's artillery the space to pound the Germans. Beginning at 0300, 6 batteries of artillery (4 batts of 155s) open up on an area 600x600m square and do not let up intil 1700 that day. The fire is lifted and 3/5 advances again. By dawn of the 26th the Marines push the remaining Germans out of the woods. Maj. Shearer declares: "Bellau Woods now US Marine Corps entirely" (to Gen. Harbord).
Casualties for the German 347th Regt are 374 KIA or missing and 66 WIA, 307 EPOW. The days after are relatively quiet. Two companies are relieved to participate in the July 4th parade in Paris. On 5 July the relief of the Marine brigade begins while the Army's 3rd brigade (after 3 wks of defensive action) prepare for their assault of Vaux (on the Paris Metz road SE of Bellau Wood, south in army territory)
Field Order No. 9 (Division) 30 June - final dispositions to be made for the attack on Vaux. It is to be largely a 3rd Brigade operation with US and French artillery support and also French air support. Marines will be held in reserve. The assault began on 1 July at 6pm. It was the most meticulously planned operation of the war for the 2nd Division.
Field Order No. 10 (Division) - The 2nd US Division is to be relieved by the 26th US Div. (National Guard) starting 3 July and ending 9 July. American air power is present for the relief in place.
Organization of the 2nd US Infantry Division 1917-18
3rd Brigade - 9th and 23rd Infantry Regiments + 5th MG Bn.
4th Brigade (Marine) - 5th and 6th Marine Regiments + 6th MG Bn.
2nd Artillery Brigade - 12th, 15th , 17th Field Artillery
2nd Engineers
Available manpower on 31 May 1918 - 25,614 men and 1064 officers
Casualties 1 June - 10 July 1918 - 9,560 men 217 offiers, of which 3,022 men and 41 officers were gassed (1/3). Replacements received: 6,200.
Strength on 10 July with replacements: 23,275 men and 963 officers
3rd Brigade casualties (all types): 3, 184 men and 68 officers
4th Brigade casualties (all types): 5,057 Marines and 126 officers (the hardest hit was 2/6 largely due to the gas attack late in the battle for Bellau Wood . 2/6 never made a frontal attack)
Thank you -- enjoyed reading every word.
Kill, fight, die
That's what a soldier should do
Top of their game, earning their name
They were the Devil dogs
In a war machine
They were the USA marines
They were the USA Marines
Marines are not called soldiers, they are Marines, and we are not cannon fodder as fiction or Hollywood movies would portray.
Dogs lead ahed and attack through the lead at the test at the battle of Belleau , clearing the forest and advance through the trees, it's the end of the war that's in sight, hill 142 it's a final breakthrough, it's a key to controlling the battlefield , second to none a marine and their gun and all foes drop in fear of their name
😂You're delusional, smh.@@theaverageitaliandon998
It’s a real shame we haven’t really seen any show or movie about the United States involvement in WW1. While the Lost Battalion from 2001 was definitely a nice little piece. It be really nice to see a movie about the Americans either at the Second Battle of Somme or Second Battle of Marne.
Well thank you for all of 2 and a half minutes of this famous battle. You could do more!
You have some amazing stuff on here bravo
Bro this was insane
I visited with my Marine Corps husband. I learned a lot from Gene.
A moment of silence for those brave Marines!
Fantastic please keep making videos
The sound effects sounded very familiar... something something saving private Ryan
We need a WW1 Band of Brothers style series.
What's with the saving private Ryan audio dub
1:48 that's a big boy right there
Retreat? Hell, we just got here! Marine Captain Lloyd W. Williams, Battle of Belleau Wood.
These Marines who fought here at Belleau Wood in 1918 were members of the 5th Regiment which would later be part of the famed 1st Marine Division.
6th*
The Marine that yelled "Come on you sons of bitches do you want to live for ever!" at Belleau Wood was going to get a THIRD Medal of Honor for his heroism but the US Government felt like that was too many Medals of Honor for one guy and gave him a Navy Cross instead. The guy was a legend we sung many songs about his great deeds of battle when I was in the Marine Corps.
Dan Daly was a beast!
Anyone else hear Sabaton playing in the backround?
God bless those Marines. Semper Fi!
What footage is this?
Was these Marines considered the old breed ?
Beth: Most certainly.
Old Breed is a term coined by Capt. Thomason 1/5 and made more popular by EB Sledge's (3/5) book of the latter war.
The Marines were America's only really professional force at the time. Army units were generally created and called up as needed, which wasn't often during peacetime. The Marines, however, were used as a sort of expeditionary force by the US. For most of the leadership, this would not have been their first time in combat.
They should've showed the Marine officer who told his men during the charge, "Come on you sons of bitches, do you wanna live forever!"
Am I the only one who smiled because of the amount of shotguns I saw?
Is this from a movie or something???
Unfortunately not, its just a short film for the marine corps museum
1:33 THAT MAN LEFT HIS SCABBARD ON! He thought we wouldn’t notice….. but we did
potential
Does one guy have a suppressed 1903 that’s fuckin sick
That’s a rifle grenade launcher, not a suppressor
I saw a dude rocking a chauchat. Best gun in Bf1. Lmao
The American military leadership in World War One, much like the European one, never fully came to terms with the power of the machine gun. Even right before the war ended, you often read of accounts of America soldiers getting mowed down while making frontal assaults on enemy trenches. To me the slaughter in World War One was inexcusable because the American civil war should have shown that those tactics were obsolete, as modern weaponry had given the advantage to the defense.
I saw this at the museum
Guter Kurzfilm
A moment of silence for the lazy editor that ripped the Saving Private Ryan D-Day battle sound effects
1:58 not accurate at all in this scene you can find chuachat firing not accurate at all
Actually the chuachat was used by the AEF as well as the Lewis, now the BAR was made in 1918 and handed to some units but it was usually a rarity which led to the appearance of the chuachat and Lewis gun was more common than the BAR in the hands of AEF soldiers, contrary to what some may think.
Predator Airsoft well no my comment was actually onto the fact of that the chauchat was very common to to not feed correctly or jam a lot due to multiple reasons.
Some of them could be a open magazine into which you could see the rounds of the chauchat in the magazine into which mud dirt and muck In general could get in( with trenches being very common to have pretty bad conditions) and also generally not just the magazine was just open to mud and other parts most of the other parts of the gun could get mud into and not feed. And also multiple soldiers didn’t really like the gun that much. But with out these problems the gun could be reliable and useful into combat.
But I shall thank you for comment
The magazine did have dirt and mud issues but was supposedly amplified when the gun was rechambered from the French 8mm (?) to take the US 30-06 ammunition. By the time they fixed the feed problems the BAR was in service.
This guy is crazy to Carry that shotgun, does he realize what will happen if he gets caught with that
legoboy: What would happen? It's not like notching your bayonet blade. AND... you would have to get to him. I would much rather have a Winchester Trench Sweeper with a bayonet, and Nbr. 2 or 3 buckshot, than anything else during trench warfare.
HemlockRidge Well the Germans Hatted shotuns cause they said there where to inhuman and they asked the Americans to not use them and to take them off the battle field and they refused and then the Germans threaten to kill any soldiers that carried a shotgun or even shells, even if they surrender where shot dead
lego: I can only imagine what the Marines said. I'm sure it was emphatic, loud, and profane.
@Rifleman If so, it didn't stop the Marines (and Army) from using them. Winchester Model 1896s are in fact devastating at close range. The same gun was used in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. I saw a picture of a soldier with one during the Gulf War.
HemlockRidge We had shotguns in Bosnia 1996. I have pictures with BLT 3/2.
My ancestor won the distinguished service cross
Well the war was definitely won. Not sure if Marines running into well positioned machine gun fire helped that much. I like to think so. Many historians do.
This was the 3rd German offensive, the allies were demoralized, Soissons had fallen and the Germans were fairly close to Paris, with French troops struggling to plug the line. This victory restored allied morale. There would be 3 more German offensives, the Americans were crucial in re-taking Soissons. The Marines of the 2nd US ID were chosen as the spearhead. So you should probably get your timeline in order.
Actually, US involvement in WW1 was the worst thing that could've happened. The European combatants on both sides were getting ground to a bloody stalemate and getting tired of the war, what could've (and likely would've) happened instead was a negotiated peace settlement/draw - no treaty of Versailles, etc. No Hitler later down the line, etc.
America should've listened to the isolationists and left the Europeans to it - America knew well Germany was in no position whatsoever to help Mexico recover Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico. RMS Lusitania was a perfectly valid military target. The innocent people who died in the sinking of that ship were used as human shields by the Brits.
Tearing strips out of each other every few years was a European tradition anyway.
Where the Marines truly showed what they were made of- they didn’t stop, terrified the Germans.
Ah yes, WW1, with SMG sounds.
This was the only timothy Marines attacked line abreast-itwasalsothe day they took their worst casualties!
Nice SPR stock sounds.
Gary Whitla
Yeah, I thought I heard a distinctive *ping* in there.
German Soliders: they (USMC) killed us at 800 meters...they are worthy of stormtrooper status...
And I know almost everything about every war from 1775 to modern
Mg42 sound from Saving Private Ryan?!??!
1:38
Cool
But wait!!! it's on historically accurate🤓🤓🤓
We didn’t have anything to do with the sound design in post!
SEMPER FI FOREVER.....I was born in the battle of BELLEAU WOOD.....DEVILDOG ALWAYS 1988-1996
@Jack Tangles actually not. 9817 Marines went in only 804 came out. Compared to force strength only 1 in 11 Marines survived. Learn ur history motard
@Jack Tangles I hope so I served for 8 yrs as a scout sniper with 17 confirmed kills in county's wimps like you would never go too
@@mikesmith4606 That much experience & you don't know the "Devil Dogs" is total BS made up by US newspapers six weeks before Belleau Wood happened.
I really want a world war 1 movie. But this time I think it's America's turn for a film.
Wikipedia has a very good article about the battle, just read it.
One of the only times a bayonet charge won the day over the machine gun. Pure skill determination tenacity and lots of luck was the only things that defeated the German lines those days at Belleau Wood. The Marines gained so much ground the dumbfounded stupefied allied commanders in the rear didnt know what to do and squandered the opportunity. The Germans later just took back all the ground those Marines worked so hard and spilled so much blood taking.
WWI always stands out from the other because of the horrible ways people were killed. Even though WWII had many more casualties, WWI was like a factory of death, instead of dying in a skirmish, you and all of your friends marched to your deaths. Imagine having to cope with the knowledge that you all of you allies could be killed after one decision.
OORAHH!!!
Rest easy Devil Dogs. Semper Fi.
Semper Fi, to our elder brothers
Knowing people wearing EGAs were running into machine gun fire hurts because it seems so stupid and unnecessary. Surely there was another way beside human waves. Anyone who has ever been a Marine can envision and silently acknowledge how this happened.
How? In 1918, modern warfare was very much in its infancy and tactics hadn't caught up with technology yet. Air power was very limited, tanks had only just been invented, and artillery barrages could only help so much. Not to mention communication was limited. I mean, they were still using carrier pigeons in WW1.
I wouldn't blame Marine leadership for it, pretty much every country fighting in WW1 were doing it. You've got to remember that back then, taking casualties (even heavy casualties) was accepted as the price of doing business in war. WW1, WW2, etc generals would actually be quite bemused at the way every combat death is treated as a tragedy today.
From this battle the USMC selected a Marine for an undercover operation his name was CPL. Tank Dempsey, his mission was to gain Intel on a German science division in the border line of france, he was to meet with a Russian, and a Japanese these 2 would assist him on gaining Intel and sabotaging the German division base, after making contact of the location CPL, Tank Dempsey was reported as MIA and later yet unofficially KIA due to the time it was most people presumed it, however reports say of a group made up of a german, russian, Japanese, and an American has been made with them wearing the standard gear for there military during wwi, reports say the American was Tank Dempsey none of these claims are official due to lack of evidence and high concentration of an unknown element found on Dempseys mission location
And back then kills were personal, so they reallly wanted the enemy dead
Frontal assaults in broad daylight? What could go wrong!
Nothing, the Marines destroyed the germans.
"Come on you sons of bitches! You want to live forever?"
Army fought at this battle too but no one talks about that much. Either way, kudos to all men involved.
Yeah but the ones who carried it out took heavy casualties and got the army home were the devil dogs
@@cristobalalvarez5491 Historically inaccurate nonsense. There were two U.S. Army divisions in the battle of Belleau Wood (plus British and French forces), and one brigade of Marines. Most of the killing, fighting, and dying was by the Army.
The reason why the USMC involvement is famous is because they had an embedded reporter who violated OPSEC and broadcasted the involvement of the Marines to the American public.
There is no evidence the Germans in WW1 ever called the USMC devil dogs either.
The marines had a navy blue uniform during ww1 and the doughboys had this greenish uniforms.
Devil Dog shock troops Rah!
Trump thinks these guys are cowards. Exactly what a draft dodger would say.
No he doesn't
Sorry, but multiple outlets said he did, even the ones who serve to give us Trump propaganda. To to face reality and shut up.
@Cleetus Yeetus I don’t think Trump was referring to the troops in combat as cowards, but to the men who became prisoners of war. Of course, this was meant to be an insult to the memory of John McCain. But the way I see it, McCain was there (in Vietnam), and didn’t take the cowards way out by getting draft deferments.
Desmond doss father
Trump called the US marines who died in that battle "losers." He refused to go to the cemetery because it was raining and he was worried it would mess up his hair. Then he lied twice saying the rain might screw up the helicopter (wtf??), and that the secret service wouldn't drive him up there.
No he didn't
Trump on TV said he called the WH and spoke to Melania about how despearately he wanted to go (ROFL, yeah right), only Melania was with him in France at that time. The lying sack of shit will lie lie lie, anything to get elected again
@@miken4103 Is this really My Pillow Guy or simply another trump moron?
He did not say that.
@@williampierce4513 yeah he did. But even with video evidence you'd deny it. I told a friend of mine who worshipped him too about how he wants to fuck his own daughter and showed him the video when he was on Oprah saying so, and that friend told me it was "Hollywood propaganda" and refused to believe it. You people are REALLY sick... This sort of thing shouldn't be able to happen in an advanced western democracy, but here you are...
OOH-RAH.
1/6 hard
Come on you sons of bitches, you wanna live forever. Retreat Hell! Semper Fi!
Teufelhunden!!
That's completely fake, it was made up by US newspapers six weeks before Belleau Wood.😂
Nobody likes fighting Teufel Hundens. If you know they're coming, you should probably run for your life. Because they WILL take it from you.
Come on you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever?
Victoria Daniels
nsfw
So Trump called these heroes losers and suckers and there are people who still vote for him? Seriously.. how depraved can a person get?.
He did not say that.