"Help With Belleau Wood and Chateau Thierry" Topic
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Just Jack  | 09 Aug 2020 6:47 p.m. PST |
All, I've got a hankering to play some 4th Marine Brigade actions in WWI using Pendraken 10mm minis. Can anyone point me to a/some book(s) that is super-detailed and thorough on the above two battles? I'm looking for scenarios, so I'd really like descriptions of actions down at least to company level, with dates, times, forces committed, casualties, objectives, maps, and key terrain. Do such books exist? If you're aware and able to point me in the right direction I'd greatly appreciate it. V/R,
Jack |
| Wackmole9 | 09 Aug 2020 7:33 p.m. PST |
"With the Help of God and a Few Marines": The Battles of Chateau Thierry and Belleau Wood
by Albertus W. Catlin The Devil Dogs at Belleau Wood: US Marines in World War I by Dick Camp Miracle at Belleau Wood: The Birth Of The Modern U.S. Marine Corps
by Alan Axelrod and Bing West At Belleau Wood
by Robert B. Asprey |
| mghFond | 09 Aug 2020 10:05 p.m. PST |
There is an amazing WW1 podcast series out there on the net which devotes several episodes to just those battles. Very detailed. I dont have the url now but if you just google around for military history podcasts it should come up. |
| monk2002uk | 09 Aug 2020 11:31 p.m. PST |
The United States Army Center for Military History has published the official history online. You can access the details of Château Thièrry here: link Just follow the chapter link to Belleau Wood for that action. Robert |
| monk2002uk | 09 Aug 2020 11:35 p.m. PST |
Here is the ePub downloadable version American Armies and Battlefields in Europe, which covers the whole of WW1 from a US perspective: link Robert |
| PK Guy Brent | 10 Aug 2020 3:22 a.m. PST |
"The 4th Marine Brigade at Belleau Wood and Soissons" by J. Michael Miller, published 2020. |
| BillyNM | 10 Aug 2020 9:56 a.m. PST |
Not the 4th Marine Brigade but if you want lots of historic actions to recreate try 'Infantry in Battle', Washington DC, The Infantry Journal .Inc published in 1934 by Garrett & Massie. This was a tactical primer for the infantry and consists of nothing other than lots (I mean lots) of lessons illustrated by WW1 actions many, but not all, of which are by US Forces. |
| Just Jack | 10 Aug 2020 2:43 p.m. PST |
Thanks everyone, I greatly appreciate your assistance! I hadn't really thought of online resources, much less podcasts, so that's particularly eye-opening, thanks! Unit histories should be right up my alley; while not exciting, I'm not reading for fun, I need stats, so those should do nicely. The various books will hopefully give me the requisite excitement ;) Thanks again! V/R,
Jack |
| Wolfhag | 11 Aug 2020 2:23 p.m. PST |
Jack,
Here is the book: link WWI History: PDF link Don't forget Dan Daley, Machine Gun Company with 3/6. Capt Lloyd Williams of 2/5 is the one that said, "Retreat hell, we just got here" but was unfortunately killed later in the battle. S/F and Good luck,
Wolfhag |
| Just Jack | 11 Aug 2020 8:45 p.m. PST |
Thanks man, and don't worry, I shall not forget! ;) V/R,
Jack |
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