| NOUN | act | battle of the Bismarck Sea, Bismarck Sea | a naval battle in World War II |
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| Meaning | A naval battle in World War II; Allied land-based bombers destroyed a Japanese convoy in the Bismarck Sea in March 1943. | |
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| Synonym | Bismarck Sea | |
| Instance of | naval battle | A pitched battle between naval fleets |
| 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 | Bismarck Sea | An arm of the South Pacific to the southwest of the Bismarck Archipelago |
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