There were many! The Island-Hopping campaign engaged the USMC in a variety of bloody frontal actions- Guadalcanal, first major offensive campaign of the Pacific theater, Midway ( major carrier action) Marshall Islands, Solomons, Eniwetok, Tarawa, just look up any book on Pacific Theatre battles and campaigns, and Okinawa, the big one, that ultilmately cost Japan the war, as it involved the loss of an entire task force including IJN Yamato, which means roughtly Patriot in Japanese.
WWII in Europe was a Land War. WWII in the Pacific was an Ocean War. Discounting the CBI Theater (China, Burma, India). The Axis (Japan) took islands in the pacific and fortified them into military garrisons/AIRFIELDS & NAVAL BASES. These were needed to "Protect" the Empire. The Allies (US, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) fought to take those island garrisons/AIRFIELDS & NAVAL BASES back. These were needed to "Attack" the Empire. That was the strategy. The tactics were NAVAL BATTLES. Whom ever won the naval battles; won the islands.
There were a number of islands captured by the Allies in 'Island Hopping' which was also known as 'leapfrogging' e.g. Guadalcanal , Peleliu , Tarawa , Iwo Jima and Okinawa .
On the island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific..........................WW2
Japan was flexing their imperialistic muscle in Asia in the 1930s and up to 1945 until the Allies drove them back to their own main island.
Through their island-hopping strategy during World War II, the Allies aimed to capture strategically important islands in the Pacific while bypassing heavily fortified locations held by the Japanese. This approach allowed them to establish forward bases for air and naval operations, ultimately enabling a direct assault on Japan. By cutting off Japanese supply lines and isolating their forces, the Allies sought to weaken Japanese resistance and facilitate a more efficient path to victory in the Pacific Theater.
"Island Hopping" .
Two military strategies the Allies used in the Pacific were island-hopping and
Island hopping
Island-Hopping .
The Allies fought the Japanese from island to island across the Pacific, pushing them back to Japan.
Through a process called Island Hopping. Attack and hold islands that had a strategic value to the Allies and bypass and quarantine those that didn't.
irdk
Admiral Nimitz .
Island hopping- they "hopped" island to island clearing out the Japanese forces as they went
Guadalcanal is an island in the Pacific Ocean that the Japanese had taken over during World War 2. The Allies fought the Japanese on that island. It was a long and bloody battle. The Allies won the island to set up a runway and airport setup for the Allied Forces air planes. This occurred in 1942. The island had a population over 70.000 people.
Invading Japaneses- held island in the pacific
That was the Battle of Midway Island.