invasion of iwo

1. 1.

   a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945)

   SynonymsIwoIwo Jima

   Broaderamphibious assault

   Part ofWorld War II

   Pacific

Questions about invasion of iwo

What does invasion of iwo mean?

invasion of iwo means "a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945)".

What is another word for invasion of iwo?

Close synonyms include Iwo, Iwo Jima. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is invasion of iwo a common word?

invasion of iwo is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.