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Why did the United States adopt a poliy of island- hopping in the pacific?
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∙ 14y ago
It was quick, simple, and effective, since the Japanese were spread thinly across the pacific they could almost never keep up with American attacks.
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How do you use island hopping in a sentence?
Island hopping is moving around from island to island. For example, The United States military practiced island-hopping during WWII in the war in the Pacific.
What was the nickname for The US strategy in the Pacific to gain ground on the Japanese one island at a time?
"Island Hopping".
What is one Allied victory during the island hopping battles of the Pacific Ocean?
One Allied victory during the Island Hopping battles of the Pacific Ocean was gaining control of the Solomon Islands.
What was the outcome of pacific island hopping?
there is a colonization of a series of islands i think
What was the strategy called that MacArthur created to defeat japan in the pacific?
Island hopping!
How do you use island hopping in a sentence?
Island hopping is moving around from island to island. For example, The United States military practiced island-hopping during WWII in the war in the Pacific.
What strategy did the United states use in fighting the Japanese in the pacific?
island hopping
What was the strategy of the united stATes in the struggle to reconquer the pacific islands?
By moving island to island called island hoping
To fight Japanese the United States used the strategy of?
island hopping
What was the nickname for The US strategy in the Pacific to gain ground on the Japanese one island at a time?
"Island Hopping".
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" .
In 1942 how was the war in the pacific characterized?
"Island Hopping"
What was the pacific strategy against japan?
Island hopping
What military strategy was used in the pacific?
the strategy of "island hopping" was used by the United States in the Pacific theater of world war two. Thought of by Douglas MacArthur, "island hopping" was a strategy that used the technique of jumping from island to island on a chain to control the chain as a whole vs attacking all the islands at once. This helped establish air base's on islands in order to conduct further operations and expand supply lines to more islands. Actually, both Nimitz and MacArthur based their Island Hopping on Plan Orange created by a joint war college of the War Department and Navy Department for action in the Western Pacific in the 1930s.
Why could the war in the pacific be described as island-hopping?
The American forces had to take the Pacific back from the Japanese island by island.
