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LEYTE INVASION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A battle in World War II; the return of United States troops to the Philippines began with landings on Leyte Island in October 1944; the battle marked first use of kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese
Synonyms:
Leyte; Leyte invasion; Leyte Island
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:
Philippine Islands; Philippines (an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands)
Holonyms ("Leyte invasion" 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)
