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The Clue

Battle site of 1945 (7 letter answer)

The Answer

OKINAWA

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Notes

The answer OKINAWA is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1600 puzzles.

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Definition

OKINAWA as a noun:

1. the largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands
2. (Okinawa, Okinawa campaign) = a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting United States marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans