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They wanted to fortify the islands to turn them into a giant defensive chain. The islands were only lightly, if at all defended so they were easy to sieze and occupy. the Japanese thought that if they heavily fortified all of the islands then an enemy, such as the United States, would tire of fighting long before they had reconquered all of the islands and gotten close to Japan. What they didn't realize was that it wasn't necessary to reconquer every island. The United States only attacked the more important ones and bypassed the rest. Once they were cut off the troops on them could not do anything so they were no threat. this was called island hopping. Michael Montagne

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