Please don't be offended by what I tell you. The commanding Admiral of the Allied Forces in the Pacific said this was their mission, "Kill Japs, kill more Japs." That was the term they used back then to refer to the Japanese. It was easier to say.
The military strategy was to repel the Japanese from Southwest Asia and do an island hopping campaign to take back islands and push the Japanese back to their mainland. This is exactly what they did. It took years but they did it. The Atomic Bombs finally motivated Emperor Hirohito to surrender and stopped an invasion of Japan.
During World War II, the early major military strategy in the Pacific theatre was to stop the Japanese from approaching the United States by taking control of the Midway Islands. The European theatre was focusing on Africa to prevent enemy forces from moving northward.
The nickname for the American strategy for victory in the Pacific during World War II was "island hopping." This strategy involved capturing strategically important islands, one after another, while bypassing others, to establish bases and move closer to Japan. It aimed to weaken Japanese defenses and cut off supply lines, ultimately facilitating an invasion of the Japanese homeland.
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During World War II, the American strategy in the Pacific against the Japanese became known as 'island-hopping.' Through this approach to defeating their enemy, the U.S. military by-passed (or, hopped over) Japanese strong-points for the sake of securing selected islands elsewhere. These islands, once occupied, would then serve as forward bases for the next 'hop' forward -- closer to Japan itself.
island hopping in the pacific
Island hopping, also called leapfrogging, was an important military strategy in the Pacific Theater of World War II. The strategy was to bypass heavily fortified Japanese positions and instead concentrate the limited Allied resources on strategically important islands that were not well defended but capable of supporting the drive to the main islands of Japan
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bombing their towns(horishima) with atomic bombs.
During World War II, the early major military strategy in the Pacific theatre was to stop the Japanese from approaching the United States by taking control of the Midway Islands. The European theatre was focusing on Africa to prevent enemy forces from moving northward.
When the Japs attacked the American military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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The strategy of island-hopping was to capture important islands, one by one, until Japan was in easy range of American bombers.
An invasion of Canada by generals Arnold and Montgomery.