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Island hopping
The strategy was known as island hopping.
to move closer to the Japanese mainland
The US used a strategy called "island hopping" or "leapfrogging" to fight the Japanese in the Pacific theater. Instead of trying to capture every Japanese-held island, the US selectively targeted and bypassed heavily fortified islands and focused on capturing strategically important islands that were closer to Japan. This allowed the US to gradually advance towards Japan while cutting off Japanese supply lines and isolating their forces on bypassed islands.
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Island hopping
The strategy was known as island hopping.
to move closer to the Japanese mainland
Island Hoping
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.
"Island Hopping"
island hopping
It was part of the "Island-Hopping" strategy .
"Island Hopping".
move closer to the japanese mainland (apex)
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