battle of wake island
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1. 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)
| instance hypernym | : | amphibious assault, |
| definition | : | an amphibious operation attacking a land base that is carried out by troops that are landed by naval ships (noun.act) |
| part meronym | : | second world war, world war 2, world war ii, |
| definition | : | a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945 (noun.act) |
| domain region | : | wake, wake island, |
| definition | : | an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii (noun.location) |
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