History of the United States II / Unit 8 USH2 1096 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Belleau Wood
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The idea
At Chateau-Thierry and Belleau Wood American troops fought what the anchor calls the bloodiest battles of the war for American forces.
In practice
Ten thousand American casualties at Belleau Wood, one thousand eighty-seven killed in a single day.
Where people slip
These losses came within weeks, after years of European losses on the same front.
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