iwo jima

Noun
  1. The largest of the Volcano Islands of Japan (synset 108946841)
    is an instance of: island - a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
    is a part of: japan, nihon, nippon - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building
  2. A bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945) (synset 101284515)
    domain region: pacific, pacific ocean - the largest ocean in the world
    is an instance of: amphibious assault - an amphibious operation attacking a land base that is carried out by troops that are landed by naval ships
    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
    same as: invasion of iwo, iwo

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