page_title: List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Champagne-Ardennes
section_title: The Monument to the United States First Division at Buzancy
hierarchical_section_title: List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Champagne-Ardennes / Miscellaneous / The Monument to the United States First Division at Buzancy
caption_attribution_description: English: Buzancy Memorial
context_page_description: This is the List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Champagne-Ardennes.
  The modern-day Champagne-Ardenne, bordering Belgium in northeast France, covers four departments: Aube, Ardennes, Haute-Marne, and Marne. This region saw much fighting in World War I and many battles, of which arguably the most important were the First Battle of the Marne and the Second Battle of the Marne. The First Battle of the Marne, also known as the Miracle of the Marne, was fought between 5 and 12 September 1914. The battle effectively ended the month-long German offensive that had opened the war and the counterattack of six French field armies and the British Expeditionary Force along the Marne River forced the German Imperial Army to abandon its push on Paris and retreat northeast to the Aisne river, setting the stage for four years of trench warfare on the Western Front
  The Second Battle of the Marne, fought from 15 July to 6 August 1918, was the last major German attack of their five-phase Spring Offensive. The German attack failed when an Allied counterattack led by French forces and including several hundred tanks overwhelmed the Germans on their right flank, inflicting severe casualties.
caption: Memorial at Buzancy
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