Okinawa campaign

Okinawa campaign
noun
a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting United States marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans
Syn: ↑Okinawa
Regions: ↑Okinawa
Instance Hypernyms: ↑campaign, ↑military campaign
Part Holonyms: ↑World War II, ↑World War 2, ↑Second World War

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