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); [syn: Iwo, Iwo Jima, invasion of Iwo]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
invasion of Iwo
n 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) [syn: Iwo, Iwo
Jima, invasion of Iwo]