HyperDic: leyte_invasion

English > 1 sense of the expression Leyte invasion:
NOUNactLeyte invasion, Leyte, Leyte Islanda battle in World War II
English > Leyte invasion: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningA 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.
SynonymsLeyte, Leyte Island
Instance ofamphibious assaultAn amphibious operation attacking a land base that is carried out by troops / troops that are landed by naval ships
Part ofWorld War II, World War 2, Second World WarA 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
RegionPhilippines, Philippine IslandsAn archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands

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