Methodically securing one island at a time as they made their way toward the Japanese mainland.
US was attacking in the island hopping campaign, not Japan. Japan was defending. Island hopping started midway, and went through Iwo Jima, Tarawa, and so on. again, US was attacking.
"Island Hopping".
'Island Hopping'
The Island hopping campaign
Island hopping- they "hopped" island to island clearing out the Japanese forces as they went
Methodically securing one island at a time as they made their way toward the Japanese mainland.
It was used because the Japanese held many islands in the Pacific.
The American forces had to take the Pacific back from the Japanese island by island.
The Americans and Allied Forces won the battle of Iwo Jima and most of the battles to take back the islands on the island hopping campaign.
US was attacking in the island hopping campaign, not Japan. Japan was defending. Island hopping started midway, and went through Iwo Jima, Tarawa, and so on. again, US was attacking.
Chester W. Nimitz
"Island Hopping".
'Island Hopping'
Japan
The Island hopping campaign
It was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan and thus the beginning of the slow island hopping campaign that first recaptured territory previously conquered by Japanese forces, then would ultimately prepare for the invasion of Japan itself.