The strategy of island-hopping was to capture important islands, one by one, until Japan was in easy range of American bombers.
"Island Hopping".
'Island Hopping'
the war against Japan
The war against Japan
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The strategy of island-hopping was to capture important islands, one by one, until Japan was in easy range of American bombers.
Island hopping- they "hopped" island to island clearing out the Japanese forces as they went
"Island Hopping".
'Island Hopping'
Iwo Jima was important to the Allies' Island-Hopping strategy with it's airfields and proximity to Japan .
The Allies hit strategic islands that were needed for either basing for the Marines or the army, but mainly for the use of airbases to run bombing missions on Japan and other importing island garrisons and bases. So MacArthur and Nimitz hit the most needed islands all the way up to Iwo Jima and Okinawa. By the Allies 'island-hopping' strategy this allowed them to get closer to Japan, which was their main goal, in order to bomb it from the now captured island airstrips.
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