Belleau Wood

American  

[bel-oh, be-loh] / ˈbɛl oʊ, bɛˈloʊ /

noun

1. a forest in N France, NW of Château-Thierry: a memorial to the U.S. Marines who won a battle there 1918.

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Belleau Wood British  

/ bɛlo, ˈbɛləʊ /

noun

1. a forest in N France: site of a battle (1918) in which the US Marines halted a German advance on Paris

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Belleau Wood

Marines who died in the World War I battle of Belleau Wood.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2020

Marines buried there, from the pivotal 1918 battle of Belleau Wood, as “suckers” for having been killed.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 9, 2020

Officials didn’t want anyone to suss out even where the soldier had been killed — be it Belleau Wood, Marne or Meuse-Argonne — so he could better represent every casualty.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2018

Straight upright, in our Secret Service black, Earpieces, pistols, shades, we dragged to France, Till on our minibars we turned our backs, And towards the Belleau Wood aimed our advance.

From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2018

“We moved into the edge of Belleau Wood, and there facing us from the hill opposite, not more than a few hundred yards away, were the German positions,” Marine sergeant Melvin Krulewitch recalled.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman