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INVASION OF IWO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945)
Synonyms:
invasion of Iwo; Iwo; Iwo Jima
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
amphibious assault (an amphibious operation attacking a land base that is carried out by troops that are landed by naval ships)
Domain region:
Pacific; Pacific Ocean (the largest ocean in the world)
Holonyms ("invasion of Iwo" is a part of...):
Second World War; World War 2; World War II (a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945)
