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island hopping
The strategy was known as island hopping.
to move closer to the Japanese mainland
"Island Hopping" .
During World War II, the American strategy in the Pacific against the Japanese became known as 'island-hopping.' Through this approach to defeating their enemy, the U.S. military by-passed (or, hopped over) Japanese strong-points for the sake of securing selected islands elsewhere. These islands, once occupied, would then serve as forward bases for the next 'hop' forward -- closer to Japan itself.
i believe it was the island hopping strategy
Island hopping- they "hopped" island to island clearing out the Japanese forces as they went
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island hopping
By moving island to island called island hoping
The strategy was known as island hopping.
"Island Hopping".
to move closer to the Japanese mainland
The Japanese planned on attacking the Aleutian Islands to combat the "island hopping" strategy that Douglas MacArthur was using in the Pacific Ocean.
Island Hoping
Nimitz was in overall command of all aspects of strategy (Island-Hopping) in the Pacific theater of war between the Japanese and the Americans .
I assume it is WW2 you are talking about. 'Island hopping' was the tactic the US used. They took over Japanese islands in the Pacific one by one setting up bases on each of them.