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Belleau Church

  • French: Eglise de Belleau
  • French: Eglise Saint-Etienne de Belleau
  • Also Known As: Yankee Division Church
  • Address: Rue des Chevaliers de Colomb
  • Vicinity: D9
  • Type: Church
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1918/07/17 German's 201st Field Artillery Regiment, supplemented by heavy howitzers and trench mortar units, shell the American 26th "Yankee" Division moving into position in the Belleau Woods.
1918/07/18 In hard fighting, the American 103rd and 104th Infantry Regiments of the 26th "Yankee" Division launch an assault on the Central Powers' lines, capturing the French village of Belleau.
1918/07/18 At 4:35 AM, American 51st Field Artillery unit counter-barrage suppressing German battery and infantry positions while destroying the Belleau church at the center of the village where German forces had machine guns and artillery spotters.

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Particulars for Belleau Church:
Area of Significance Architecture
Sight Category Building
Building Type Church
Architectural Style Gothic Revival
Historic Use Religious Property
Area of Significance Social History
Motif War
Historic Event World War I
Area of Significance World War I - Western Front




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