Town of Belleau, France, 1918 – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic image of Town of Belleau, France, 1918 brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: The town of Belleau, with Belleau Woods on the left, with Hill No. 193 the German position of resistance on the right
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Town of Belleau, France, 1918
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Belleau, a farming village in the Aisne department of northern France near Château-Thierry, was by 1918 a place of ruin rather than ordinary life. Its people had lived by grain and livestock, but the German spring offensive pushed the front into the Marne valley, and in June the nearby wood and village became the scene of fighting between the U.S. Marine Corps's 2nd Division and German troops. The Marines took Belleau Wood at a cost of heavy casualties, and the village was battered by shelling until little of it stood. For American families who followed the news that summer, Belleau came to stand for the first major offensive action of the United States in the war.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Creator | schutz group photographers (washington, d.c.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--France |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,285 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | The town of Belleau, with Belleau Woods on the left, with Hill No. 193 the German position of resistance on the right |
| Reference | FRANCE Town of Belleau 1918 |
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