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Who built the airfields for the pacific island hopping campaign?
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The Sea Bees, who were a construction arm of the army built the airfields.
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The Allied campaign in the South Pacific involved .?
Island hopping.
Who was driven back in the island hopping campaign?
Japan
What was the allies' strategy in the pacific?
"Island Hopping" .
What island provided the most vital air base in the US island hopping campaign?
The islands and bases seized in the November 1943-February 1944 Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign were key to establishing airfields that would allow land based air support for the upcoming operations across the Central Pacific. The campaign began with a costly three-day battle at Tarawa, but it's seizure gave the Americans the air control that enabled them to win the Marianas Campaign the following year, and begin daily bombing of Japan.
What year did the island hopping campaign take place?
Island hopping was a technique used in WWII. Japan had troops stationed on islands in the Pacific. Instead of engaging the garrisons the navy would skip the island and atttack the next one, basically stranding the Japanaese garrisons on the islands until the end of the war.
The Allied campaign in the South Pacific involved .?
Island hopping.
The last two stops on the American island hopping campaign in the Pacific were?
Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
What was the allied battle plane in the pacific?
An island-hopping campaign in order to get close enough to strike Japan.
What is true of the American island-hopping campaign?
It was used because the Japanese held many islands in the Pacific.
Commander of the US naval forces in the pacific and brilliant strategist of the island-hopping campaign?
Chester W. Nimitz
How did Iwo Jima fit into the US war strategy in the pacific war?
Iwo Jima was important to the Allies' Island-Hopping strategy with it's airfields and proximity to Japan .
What was the nickname for The US strategy in the Pacific to gain ground on the Japanese one island at a time?
"Island Hopping".
Is it true that a problem encountered in the island-hopping campaign in the central pacific was that many of the islands were coral reef atolls?
True. :p
Who was driven back in the island hopping campaign?
Japan
When the u.s. jumped from island to island in the pacific what was this called?
Island hopping.
What was the strategy in the pacific war?
Island Hopping.
What was the allies' strategy in the pacific?
"Island Hopping" .
