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 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.
"Island Hopping" .
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.
WWII in Europe was a Land War. WWII in the Pacific was an Ocean War. Discounting the CBI Theater (China, Burma, India). The Axis (Japan) took islands in the pacific and fortified them into military garrisons/AIRFIELDS & NAVAL BASES. These were needed to "Protect" the Empire. The Allies (US, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) fought to take those island garrisons/AIRFIELDS & NAVAL BASES back. These were needed to "Attack" the Empire. That was the strategy. The tactics were NAVAL BATTLES. Whom ever won the naval battles; won the islands.