amphibious assault
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1. an amphibious operation attacking a land base that is carried out by troops that are landed by naval ships (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | amphibious operation, |
| definition | : | a military operation by both land and sea forces (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | eniwetok, |
| definition | : | World War II (February 1944); American infantry landed and captured a Japanese stronghold (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | inchon, |
| definition | : | a battle in the Korean War (1950); United States forces landed at Inchon (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | invasion of iwo, iwo, iwo jima, |
| definition | : | a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945) (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | kwajalein, |
| definition | : | an amphibious assault in the Pacific in World War II (January 1944); American forces landed and captured a Japanese air base (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | leyte, leyte invasion, leyte island, |
| definition | : | a battle in World War II; the return of United States troops to the Philippines began with landings on Leyte Island in October 1944; the battle marked first use of kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | saipan, |
| definition | : | US forces captured the island from the Japanese in July 1944; it was an important air base until the end of World War II (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | salerno, |
| definition | : | a battle in World War II; the port was captured by United States troops in September 1943 (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | makin, tarawa, tarawa-makin, |
| definition | : | battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | battle of wake, battle of wake island, |
| definition | : | in December 1941 the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines (noun.act) |
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