AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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concentrate U.S. forces into one large offensive moving west from the Marshall Islands
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encourage the Japanese navy to overextend itself past the Gilbert Islands, then attack from behind
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mount two offensive campaigns to attack the Japanese from two directions
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establish a strong defensive position in the Solomon Islands to lure in the Japanese
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quickly recapture the Midway Islands from the Japanese
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Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Japanese strategy was to destroy the invader’s landing vessels before they hit the beaches. For this purpose, Japan had reserved about 5, 000 conventional aircraft and a variety of suicide vehicles, including about 5, 500 kamikaze planes, 1, 300 suicide submarines, and several hundred piloted bombs.
Detailed explanation-3: -The US pursued a two-pronged offensive across the central and southwest Pacific to roll back the Japanese advance. (Image: The National WWII Museum.) As 1944 began, the southwest Pacific was largely under Allied control. By February, the Allies were also making progress in the central Pacific.
Detailed explanation-4: -General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz were in charge of U.S. forces in the Pacific. They devised a strategy of “island hopping” to defeat Japan.