Admiral Chester Nimitz along with his men attacked Japanese-held islands in the Pacific through what is termed a "leap frog" or "island hopping" manner.
The Pacific islands were chosen and served as steppingstones to move north toward Japan.
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 .
there is a colonization of a series of islands i think
The strategy of island-hopping was to capture important islands, one by one, until Japan was in easy range of American bombers.
Admiral Yamamato was shot down over Bougainville on April 18, 1943.
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The Pacific islands were chosen and served as steppingstones to move north toward Japan.
The Pacific islands were chosen and served as steppingstones to move north toward Japan.
Leap frogging or island hopping was how the Allies fought the Japanese in World War II. They concentrated on a few key islands that advanced their drive to Japan. They did not try to take every island. Admiral Nimitz took the Gilbert and Marshall Islands and then the Marianas and moved towards the Bonin Islands. General MacArthur took the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and then the Philippines.
It was called Island Hopping. Certain islands of strategic value would be attacked and occupied while others would be bypassed and isolated. The goal was to bring mainland Japan within range for routine bombing attacks.
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 .
admiral maximilian graf von spee
Douglas MacArthur used island hopping along with Chester Nimitz used this tactic during world war two. They did this to avoid fighting the Japanese for every island in the pacific and only took the island critical for the mission. The US would then starve and bomb the other islands until they surrendered or bypassed them altogether. This was an efective stragety and probably won the war for the United States
Island-Hopping
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there is a colonization of a series of islands i think
Vice Admiral Maximillian Graf von Spee.