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Pacific island fortress which fell to Japanese invaders in May 1942?
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Corregidor was the Pacific Island fortress that fell to Japanese invaders in May 1942.
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What was the Pacific island fortress that fell to Japan in May 1942?
Corregidor, in the Philippines fell to Japan in May 1942.
What was the nickname for The US strategy in the Pacific to gain ground on the Japanese one island at a time?
"Island Hopping".
What was the first Island the US invaded and captured from the Japanese in the Pacific?
Midway islands
What was island hopping in world war ii?
Once we crippled the Japanese Navy in the Battle of Philippine Sea, we Island Hopped, which was us, as the U.S. going from Japanese-owned island to Japanese-owned island and retaking them. The Japanese could not properly stop us after the battle.
General MacArthur's plan to keep the Japanese from having military bases in the South Pacific was to?
island hop
What was the name of the Pacific Island fortress that fell to Japan in May 1942?
== == Wake Island
What is the pacific island fortress which fell to japan in may 1942?
Corregidor was the Pacific island fortress that fell to Japan in May of 1942. This island was on the located on Manila Bay and was held by Americans until May 6, 1942.
Why could the war in the pacific be described as island-hopping?
The American forces had to take the Pacific back from the Japanese island by island.
What was the nickname of the Allies strategy for dealing with the Japanese in the Pacific?
Island hopping- they "hopped" island to island clearing out the Japanese forces as they went
What sea surrounds the Japanese island?
pacific ocean
What was the Pacific island fortress that fell to Japan in May 1942?
Corregidor, in the Philippines fell to Japan in May 1942.
What happened in the south pacific World War 2?
The Allies fought the Japanese from island to island across the Pacific, pushing them back to Japan.
What statement is true about island hopping?
japanese held many islands in the pacific
What was the pacific island where us forces turned back the Japanese navy?
pacific sae Midway. DLW
What strategy did the United states use in fighting the Japanese in the pacific?
island hopping
How does the US fight the Japanese in the pacific?
They used a new military tactic called Island Hopping which was when the US army would hop from island to island that were controlled by the Japanese in order to catch the Japanese people, on that particular island off guard.
What was the nickname for The US strategy in the Pacific to gain ground on the Japanese one island at a time?
"Island Hopping".
