Largest Of The Japanese Volcano Islands Heavily Fortified In World War Ii Crossword Clue

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	noun • the largest of the Volcano Islands of Japan • a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945)
	37%	11		Featured heavily fortified Japanese defensive positions
	noun • battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting
	35%	15		Japanese forces heavily fortified the island's defenses
	noun • a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945)

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