4th Marine Brigade at Belleau Wood and Soissons: History and Battlefield Guide

by J Michael Miller

The battles of Belleau Wood and Soissons in June and July of 1918 marked a turning point in World War I and in the stature of the US Marine Corps, whose fighting proved so critical in repelling the Germans that the French would later rename Belleau "Bois de la Brigade de Marine." In this book J. Michael Miller, a historian of the Marine Corps and veteran chronicler of battle, takes us to the battlefields of Belleau Wood and Soissons, immersing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700629564
• ISBN13: 9780700629565
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"