Battle of Hamel
Part of the Western Front of World War I
American and Australian troops dug in together during the Battle of Hamel
Date 4 July 1918 Location Hamel, France Result Allied victory
Combatants
Australia  United States Combatants Belgium British Empire Australia[1] Canada[2] India[3] Newfoundland[4] New Zealand[5] South Africa[6] United Kingdom France and French Overseas Empire Portugal[7] United States Germany Austria-Hungary Commanders No unified command until 1918, then Ferdinand Foch Moltke → Falkenhayn → Hindenburg and Ludendorff → Hindenburg and Groener Casualties... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ...	German Empire
Commanders
John Monash
Casualties
976 KIA, 338 WIA	2000 KIA, 1600 POW

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The battle was planned and commanded by Lieutenant General John Monash (later knighted). It was significant not for its strategic value but rather because the tactics used drastically departed from the traditional tactics of massed frontal assaults being used at that time. The battle was a success taking only 92 minutes to complete, winning all the objectives, as compared to the many months of previous battles. There were 1062 Australian causualties (including 800 dead), as well as 176 American casualties (almost 100 dead), while there were probably 2000 Germans killed and 1,600 captured along with much enemy equipment. Sir John Monash General Sir John Monash, GCMG, KCB, VD (27 June 1865 – 8 October 1931), Australian military commander of the First World War, was born in Melbourne, Victoria, to parents of Prussian-Jewish origin (the family name was originally spelled Monasch). ... The silver Anglia knight, commissioned as a trophy in 1850, intended to represent the Black Prince. ...

Monash's detailed planning of the battle as well as the briefing of all troops on their objectives were instrumental in the battle's success. It also marked the novel use of a number of tactics such as aerial resupply (parachute drops) and advanced cooperation between infantry and armour. For example, the tanks were also used as a creeping barrage, where the artillery barrage moves slowly in front of the advancing troops, and they also supplied food, weapons and medicine to the advanced troops. Monash was adamant that infantry should not be sacrificed in an unprotected advance, hence his care to see that they were well covered. Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units, though they may be transported to the battlefield by horses, ships, automobiles, skis, bicycles, or other means. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Rolling barrage is a military tactic in which massed artillery support an infantry advance by firing continuously at positions just in front of the advancing troops. ...

While it was a small-scale battle, it was to have far-reaching consequences on trench warfare as it provided a practical demonstration of how the prevailing deadlock could be broken. The strategy was then successful on a much larger scale in the Battle of Amiens, and was a major factor in Allied successes later in the war. Field Marshal Montgomery, the famous WWII British army commander later credited John Monash as the best WWI general on the western front in Europe. Trench warfare is a form of war in which both opposing armies have static lines of defence. ... Combatants United Kingdom, France, Canada, Australia Germany Commanders Henry Rawlinson Georg von der Marwitz Strength 4 Aus. ... Bernard Law Montgomery Field Marshal The Right Honourable Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO (17 November 1887–24 March 1976) was a British Army officer, most noted for his involvement in World War II and often referred to as Monty. // Early life and World War...

A contingent of 2000 American troops from the 131st and 132nd regiments participated in the battle under the supervision of the Australian veterans. This was one of the first times that Americans participated in a planed attack in the First World War.

References

• C.E.W. Bean Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918. Volume VI - The Australian Imperial Force in France during the Allied Offensive, 1918.
• The Battle of Hamel: History and Memory