The last two Islands captured and freed were Okinawa and the Philippines. See attached link below. Thank you.
The Philippines were an island nation, not a single island. The last two islands that the Allies invaded were Okinawa (oak-nah-wah) and Iwo Jima. (woe-jim-uh)
Manchuria and Korea
Island hopping, also called leapfrogging, was an important military strategy in the Pacific Theater of World War II. The strategy was to bypass heavily fortified Japanese positions and instead concentrate the limited Allied resources on strategically important islands that were not well defended but capable of supporting the drive to the main islands of Japan
The US certainly did recognize (understand) that Japan had conquered the Philippines. But since the two countries were at war, the US did not accept that conquest, and eventually invaded and re-captured the Islands.
The goal of the United States was to defeat the Japanese. This meant the removal of the Japanese from many islands in the Pacific Ocean, the destruction of the Japanese Navy, and the surrender of Japan.
Honshu is the largest of the Japanese islands(and there are a total of 6,852 islands in Japan, not just four)
Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico.
Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
In 1943, the "tide" in WWII was pointing to the axis. The time that was bad for the Japanese was 1944-1945 when most of their islands were conquered.
The reason why the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor was because Japan wanted to takeover some islands that were heavily guarded so they bombed Pearl Harbor so it is easier to take over the islands.
To avoid needless bloodshed; heavily defended islands were BY-PASSED. The allied slogan was, "Hit em where they aint!" Heavily defended islands were assaulted ONLY if absolutely necessary (for their airfields): Such as Iwo Jima & Okinawa.
Island hopping, also called leapfrogging, was an important military strategy in the Pacific Theater of World War II. The strategy was to bypass heavily fortified Japanese positions and instead concentrate the limited Allied resources on strategically important islands that were not well defended but capable of supporting the drive to the main islands of Japan
Most of the islands of the Caribbean are heavily populated/ for a + false
the U.S conquered japan(surrendered) Answer Yes. Not in 1941. As the Allies advanced towards the Japanese islands, they attacked naval bases and air bases. Rabaul was one such base that was a primary target.
Move closer to the japanese mainland-Apex
The US certainly did recognize (understand) that Japan had conquered the Philippines. But since the two countries were at war, the US did not accept that conquest, and eventually invaded and re-captured the Islands.
The Ryukyu Islands.
Yes
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.