Command was under General Douglas Macarthur.
General Douglas MacArthur.
He left Corregidor Island .
The Japanese planned on attacking the Aleutian Islands to combat the "island hopping" strategy that Douglas MacArthur was using in the Pacific Ocean.
Douglas MacArthur welcome Study Island Cheaters! class of 2014
Douglas MacArthur welcome Study Island Cheaters! class of 2014
US General MacArthur realized that each island between Pearl Harbor and Japan had to be taken away from the Japanese. His plan was to hop from one Japanese held island, and carry on the battles to the next island. His plan was successful.
the master mind of the island hopping was admiral chester w. nimitz...it was his ideal. afterwards it became very useful
This is probably a typo. Especially if you typed this question directly from a paper from a history class. The correct year is 1945, and the General Douglas MacArthur conquered Japan in this year. World War II ended on September 2, 1945, when the Japanese formally surrendered.
Long Island MacArthur Airport was created in 1944.
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