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The Battle of Belleau Wood and America’s baptism of fire in WWI

The Great War had already claimed millions of lives, but a clash in June 1918 at Belleau Wood, just 50 miles from Paris, would come to define America’s entry into the conflict. As German forces pushed through northern France, threatening to break the Allied line, the fate of Europe hung in the balance...

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    The Battle of Belleau Wood and America’s baptism of fire in WWI

    The Battle of Belleau Wood and America’s baptism of fire in WWI

    The Great War had already claimed millions of lives, but a clash in June 1918 at Belleau Wood, just 50 miles from Paris, would come to define …

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