invasion of iwo(n = noun.act) iwo, iwo jima - a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945);
is a kind of amphibious assault
is a part of second world war, world war 2, world war ii
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