Kwajalein - World War II (January 1944); American forces landed and captured a Japanese air base

Marshall Islands - a group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia

atoll - an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon

amphibious assault - an amphibious operation attacking a land base that is carried out by troops that are landed by naval ships

Second World War, World War 2, World War II - a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945

Kwajalein - an atoll in the western Marshall Islands that was used as a Japanese air and naval base during World War II

atoll - an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon