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(noun) a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April-June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting US marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans |
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Synonyms: Okinawa campaign |
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Related Words: campaign, military campaign |
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(noun) the largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands |
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Related Words: island |
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