USA HISTORY

This strategy was used by the US military in the Pacific where some Japanese held islands were captured and others were ignored.

(A) strategic bombing

(B) saturation bombing

(C) island seizing

(D) ** island hopping

Concept note-1: -Leapfrogging, also known as island hopping, was a military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against the Empire of Japan during World War II.

Concept note-2: -During the Pacific war, the U.S. Navy employed a Corbettian strategy in its campaign across the Pacific to Japan, as evidenced by submarine operations, amphibious warfare and the use of airpower.

Concept note-3: -The Japanese would use the terrain to slow the American advance, and the Japanese would attempt to bleed the Allied Naval forces. The American forces would conduct a massive artillery barrage followed by a sweeping maneuver to take the island. The Navy would defend the sky and support the American advance.