| 单词 | amphibious assault |
| 释义 | amphibious assault (once / 117023 pages) n WORD FAMILY amphibious assault: amphibious assaults USAGE EXAMPLESThe USS Makin Island, an amphibious assault ship, was expected to send a boat to the trimaran Wednesday afternoon. Time(Oct 27, 2016) Also in the pipeline: fighter aircraft with advanced radar, attack submarines and amphibious assault vehicles. Wall Street Journal(Oct 13, 2016) A second American ship cruising nearby, the Ponce, which is used to transport amphibious assault forces, was also untouched in the attack. New York Times(Oct 12, 2016) n an amphibious operation attacking a land base that is carried out by troops that are landed by naval ships Exp|Hyper Eniwetok World War II (February 1944); American infantry landed and captured a Japanese stronghold Inchona battle in the Korean War (1950); United States forces landed at Inchon invasion of Iwoa bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945) Kwajaleinan amphibious assault in the Pacific in World War II (January 1944); American forces landed and captured a Japanese air base Leyte invasiona battle in World War II; the return of United States troops to the Philippines began with landings on Leyte Island in October 1944; the battle marked first use of kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese SaipanUS forces captured the island from the Japanese in July 1944; it was an important air base until the end of World War II Salernoa battle in World War II; the port was captured by United States troops in September 1943 Tarawa-Makinbattles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting Battle of Wake Islandin December 1941 the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines amphibious operation a military operation by both land and sea forces |
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