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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.