At Belleau Wood
by Robert B. Asprey
University of North Texas Press, 1996
Paper: 978-1-57441-016-7
Library of Congress Classification D545.B4A8 1996
Dewey Decimal Classification 940.434
Paper: 978-1-57441-016-7
Library of Congress Classification D545.B4A8 1996
Dewey Decimal Classification 940.434
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Table of Contents
- Foreword and Acknowledgments
- The Wood
- 1
- The Americans
- 2
- “Cold, wet and hungry, on we marched …”
- 3
- “I would fight without a break …”
- 4
- “The situation bears much resemblance to the [1914] battle of the Marne.”
- 5
- “We've been ordered up to the front at once.”
- 6
- “The Seventh [German[ Army will continue the attack until the enemy's resistance breaks between Soissons and Villers-Cotterêts …”
- 7
- “General, these are American regulars. In a hundred and fifty years they have never been beaten. They will hold.”
- 8
- “The French line seems to be holding very well …”
- 9
- “Retreat, hell. We just got here.”
- 10
- “All my officers are gone….”
- 11
- “We now stood facing the dark sullen mystery of Belleau Wood….”
- 12
- “Come on, you sons of bitches. Do you want to live forever?”
- 13
- “… make no further attempt to advance tonight.”
- 14
- “… No numbers as to casualties are available. Losses known to be heavy.”
- 15
- “OUR MARINES ATTACK …”
- 16
- “… Artillery has blown the wood all to hell.”
- 17
- “In my judgement, the capture of the Bois de Belleau is the most important event that has taken place for the Allied holding in this vicinity… .”
- 18
- “All objectives reached and we are consolidating….”
- 19
- “… the spirit of the Brigade remains unshaken.”
- 20
- “Belleau Woods now U. S. Marine Corps entirely.”
- 21
- “The whole attack went off like a dress rehearsal …”
- 22
- “.… The General commanding the Sixth [French] Army orders that henceforth in all official papers the Bois de Belleau shall be named 'Bois de la Brigade de Marine.'”
- Bibliography
- Index
- Illustrations
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