why do they call marines Devil Dogs?

Answer 1

At the battle of Belleau Wood the Marines were out numbered and not supplied and not in good shape but they fought and defeated the Germans. Thus giving the Marines the title of teuful hundem, which is German for Devil Dog. The Germans said that these vicious savage Hardcharging Marines fought like Teuful hundem (Devil Dogs) It is a honor to carry that nickname. When your enemy titles you with that of a vicious animal you take pride in it!!!!!!!
Semper Fi!!!!!!!

Answer 2

Devil Dogs: The German Army coined this term of respect for U.S. Marines during World War I. In the summer of 1918 the German Army was driving toward Paris. The French Army was in full retreat. In a desperate effort to save Paris, the newly arrived U.S. Marines were thrown into the breach. In June 1918, in bitter fighting lasting for weeks, Marines repeatedly repulsed the Germans in Belleau Wood. The German drive toward Paris sputtered, fizzled, and died. Then the Marines attacked and swept the Germans back out of Belleau Wood. Paris had been saved. The tide of war had turned. Five months later Germany would be forced to accept an armistice. The battle tenacity and fury of the U.S. Marines had stunned the Germans. In their official reports they called the Marines "teufel hunden," meaning Devil Dogs, the ferocious mountain dogs of Bavarian folklore.

Answer 3

Marines are called devil dogs because they are the ultimate fighting machine of the military.

Answer 4

The exact origin of the term is unknown. According to tradition in the United States Marine Corps, it was given by German soldiers to U.S. Marines who fought in the Belleau Wood in 1918. This was reported by American media at the time; however, no evidence has been found of this usage in German records of the time.

Answer 5

It is what the Germans called the U.S. marines during World War 1 because they would not stop attacking no matter what.

The marines took it as a badge of honor and the term stuck.