battle of the Bismarck Sea

battle of the Bismarck Sea
noun
a naval battle in World War II; Allied land-based bombers destroyed a Japanese convoy in the Bismarck Sea in March 1943
Syn: ↑Bismarck Sea
Regions: ↑Bismarck Sea
Instance Hypernyms: ↑naval battle
Part Holonyms: ↑World War II, ↑World War 2, ↑Second World War

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