US was attacking in the island hopping campaign, not Japan. Japan was defending. Island hopping started midway, and went through Iwo Jima, Tarawa, and so on. again, US was attacking.
D.move closer to the Japanese mainland.
Island hopping is moving around from island to island. For example, The United States military practiced island-hopping during WWII in the war in the Pacific.
They usually targeted aircraft carriers, especially during the battles at Midway and during the island hopping campaign. Pearl Harbor was the anomaly.
Methodically securing one island at a time as they made their way toward the Japanese mainland.
Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
One Allied victory during the Island Hopping battles of the Pacific Ocean was gaining control of the Solomon Islands.
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Island hopping.
Okinawa
"Midway" was strictly a naval battle. Iwo Jima was part of the "island hopping" campaign.
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Island hopping is moving around from island to island. For example, The United States military practiced island-hopping during WWII in the war in the Pacific.