Bellicourt Monument

Monument américain de Bellicourt (02)

Bellicourt est une commune française, située dans le département de l'Aisne
À Bellicourt, le mémorial américain est dédié aux unités américaines qui ont combattu aux côtés des armées britanniques en France. Les 27ème et 30ème divisions sont arrivées dans la région après des combats en Belgique en septembre 1918.
Ces divisions ont rejoint la ligne Hindenburg les 24 et 25 septembre 1918 sous le commandement tactique de l'armée australienne. Les troupes américaines prennent part à l'offensive alliée qui débute le 29 septembre 1918.
Les combats sont si meurtriers que ces divisions sont relevées dès le lendemain, le 30 septembre 1918.
Ce mémorial rend ainsi hommage aux 90.000 soldats américains engagés dans la bataille de la ligne Hindenburg.

Les Hauts-de-France / l'Aisne (Bellicourt)

Somme American Cemetery and Memorial, Bony, Aisne, France.

Somme American Cemetery and Memorial.

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WW1 - Bellicourt - Hindenberg Line - 13th FAB - Stuart Curry

Walking in the Footsteps of my Grandfather 2008, Western Font Battlefields France. Bellicourt was part of the Hindenberg Line Defence System.

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50th Battery, 13th Field Artillery Brigade (Unit War Diaries) positions.

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Audenaerde American Monument Dedication in 1937

The Audenaerde American Monument Dedication is one of thirteen segments featured in the America Honors Her Heroes film. The film is the Official Record of the Dedication Ceremonies in 1937 at the American World War Memorials and Cemeteries in Europe. It was taken under the auspices of the American Battle Monuments Commission.

Les-Hauts-de-France (Bony)

Les Hauts-de-France / Aisne (Jeancourt)

The Significance of Hindenburg Line, the Orange County soldiers who lost their lives on Sept 29 1918

98 years ago today, on Sept 29, 1918, 40 soldiers from Orange County lost their lives at the Hindenburg Line. The Orange County Historian Johanna Yaun speaks at the Orange County Veterans Day Memorial Service in Goshen, NY.

BATTLE of ST QUENTIN CANAL - WikiVidi Documentary

The Battle of St Quentin Canal was a pivotal battle of World War I that began on 29 September 1918 and involved British, Australian and American forces operating as part of the British Fourth Army under the overall command of General Sir Henry Rawlinson. Further north, part of the British Third Army also supported the attack. South of the Fourth Army's 19 km front, the French First Army launched a coordinated attack on a 9.5 km front. The objective was to break through one of the most heavily defended stretches of the German Siegfriedstellung , which in this sector utilised the St Quentin Canal as part of its defences. The assault achieved its objectives , resulting in the first full breach of the Hindenburg Line, in the face of heavy German resistance. In concert with other attacks of the Grand Offensive along the length of the line, Allied success convinced the German high command that there was little hope of an ultimate German victory....


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Shortcuts to chapters:
00:01:14 Background
00:03:54 Prelude
00:04:18 Preliminary operation of 27 September
00:07:05 Main assault of 29 September
00:08:14 Attack over Bellicourt Tunnel
00:13:13 Attack across the canal cutting
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Argonne memorial

Our Visit to the Argonne Memorial in France. 24 December 2009!

From St Quentin to Albert

Mendinghem Cemetery

We made our first stop at Mendinghem Cemetery near Poperinge, Belgium. Our tour took us across France and Belgium to see the historic World War 1 and 2 battlefields as we paid our respects on the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings at the Normandy beaches.

Monument Franco Américain de Ressons le long (Aisne)

Monument en hommage aux résistants et staff sgt John W Califf (1DIUS) soldat Américain fusillés par les Allemands le 31 Août 1944.

WW1 - Jeancourt - Le Mensil - 14th MGC - Stuart Curry

Walking in the Footsteps of my Grandfather 2008. Western Front Battlefields France. The Australian 4th and 5th Machine Gun Battalions join together in a barrage attack to protect the advancing infantry. Barrage commenced at 5.20am and fired for 25 min 35,000 rounds in the direction of Bellenglise then advancing to 1st, 2nd and 3rd Objectives towards St Quentin Canal.

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Les Hauts-de-France / l'Aisne (Bellenglise)

American Overseas Cemeteries on Memorial Day

Honoring and remembering their sacrifice

Led by the Wisconsin American Legion, hundreds of volunteers place 5,400 wreaths on graves at the Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery.

Battle of the St Quentin Canal: Riqueval Bridge - 29 September 1918

The 1/6 North Staffordshire Regiment, 46 (North Midlands) Division captured this stretch of the St Quentin Canal on 29 September 1918. (Please note that I said in the video it was the 1/6 South Staffordshire Regiment which is incorrect, it was the 1/6 North Staffordshire Regiment).