invasion_of_iwo (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *invasion of Iwo*:
NOUN	act	invasion of Iwo, Iwo, Iwo Jima	a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945)

English > *invasion of Iwo*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
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	Iwo, Iwo Jima
Instance of	amphibious assault	An amphibious operation attacking a land base that is carried out by troops / troops that are landed by naval ships
Part of	World War II, World War 2, Second World War	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
Region	Pacific, Pacific Ocean	The largest ocean in the world
Spanish	Iwo Jima
Catalan	Iwo Jima

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