Belleau Wood

American

[bel-oh, be-loh] / ˈbɛl oʊ, bɛˈloʊ /

noun

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

Belleau Wood British

/ bɛlo-, ˈbɛləʊ- /

noun

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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He called the 1,800 marines killed during the bloody Battle of Belleau Wood in World War I “suckers” for dying in action.

From Salon ● May 27, 2024

There are few campaigns more steeped in U.S. military lore than the Battle of Belleau Wood, named after the nearby town.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2020

The 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, with a legacy from Belleau Wood to Guadalcanal to Fallujah, suffered the most casualties of any Marine unit in Afghanistan.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 13, 2019

During the tree-planting ceremony, Trump and Macron took turns shoveling dirt on top of the sapling uprooted from Belleau Wood in France, the site of one of the most gruesome battles in World War I.

From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2019

Five miles to the west of Château-Thierry, a forest called the Belleau Wood had become a German stronghold.

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

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