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you are getting shot at where ever you go. then there is the fact that you are always landing on beaches which were heavily fortified. one other thing is that the japanise were crazy in ww2. they would galdly blow themselvs up to kill two marines.
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What did the US do with the Philippine Island after War?
After the Philippine-American War, the US governed the Philippines as a US possession. As it had promised to do before the war, after World War 2 the US granted independence to the Philippines.
Pacific island group obtained from Germany now a us territory?
About 98% sure it was the Marshall Islands. Spain sold them to Germany in the 1800's, and I think they were awarded to Japan after World War 1, and captured by the US in World War 2. If Spain had kept this island group instead of selling it to Germany, the Marshalls would have become US territory earlier, in the Spanish-American War of 1898.
What were specific contributions that the unites states made towards winning the war?
For World War Two, the United States had the Yalta Agreement, an agreement in which all Allied Powers disscused on how divide Germany and Berlin. There was also the policy of "Total War", where the US made a large number of factories build weapons, and a large number of farms gave a portion of their crops to the army. There was also Invasion of Normandy, where the US invaded the once Nazi occupied France. There was also the strategy of Island Hopping, where Gen. Douglas MacArthur captured the weakest Axis held island in the Pacific, then moved onto the next island. There were the drafts that were ordered, and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with the Fat Man and Little Man atomic bombs. And there was the Napalming of Tokyo, which was a pycological victory. The US also cut supplies to Japan and Germany, this resulted in the supprise attack of Pearl Harbor.
What did the united States do with the Philippines island after the war?
They occupied the Philippines
During World war 2 the United states was part of?
which of the following events occured on the italian mainland as allied forces moved actoss the island of sicily during the summer of 1943
Who came up with island hopping in World War 2?
Chester Nimitz .
What was the stratgedy of the us in the pacific theatre during World War 2?
"Island-Hopping" .
What was the strategy to defeat japan during world war 2 called?
Island hopping
What nation employed the strategy of island hopping during World War 2?
USA
How do you use island hopping in a sentence?
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.
What was the Allied strategy at the beginning of World War 2?
Island hopping. (In NovaNET: "leap frogging")
Which military strategy did the US use the Japanese during world war 2?
Island Hopping
What was the strategy in the pacific war?
Island Hopping.
Which military strategy did the US use against the Japanese during World War 2?
Island Hopping
In 1942 how was the war in the pacific characterized?
"Island Hopping"
What was the first island secured by Japan during World War 2 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.
How do you describe island hopping?
Island hopping was a strategy for gaining ground in the Pacific during World War II. The plan was to take control of an island, then jump to the next one. Eventually, this allowed the US to get close enough to Japan to bomb them repeatedly.
