What the records say
- When
- 4 Jul 1918
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 49.90° N, 2.58° E
- Description
- 1918 battle of World War I
- War
- World War I
Battle of Hamel
1918 battle of World War I
The Battle of Hamel was an attack by Australian Army and US Army infantry, supported by Tank Corps tanks, against German positions in and around the town of Le Hamel, in northern France, during World War I. The attack was planned and led by Lieutenant General John Monash, commander of the Australian Corps, and took place on 4 July 1918.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire des troupes américaines et australiennes sur les Allemands à la bataille du Hamel”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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