US Marines .
"Midway" was strictly a naval battle. Iwo Jima was part of the "island hopping" campaign.
The North didn't win. They evacuated the tiny island-fortress.
"Island Hopping" .
Island hopping is a means to cross the ocean with a series of short journeys in which you travel from island to island instead of one long journey in which you simply travel from one location to another.
Japan
One Allied victory during the Island Hopping battles of the Pacific Ocean was gaining control of the Solomon Islands.
"Midway" was strictly a naval battle. Iwo Jima was part of the "island hopping" campaign.
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.
The British.
It was part of the island-hopping strategy It was one of the largest naval battles in history.
"Island Hopping".
Controlling the Solomon Islands would protect Australia
Island hopping is moving around from island to island. For example, The United States military practiced island-hopping during WWII in the war in the Pacific.
Blitzkrieg , Island-Hopping , carpet bombing , purposely fire bombing civilians , naval battles where aircraft fought the naval battles as opposed to ships at sea exchanging gunfire , the use of paratroopers ,
'Island Hopping'
Island skipping.
By moving island to island called island hoping