USA HISTORY

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: -In the Central Pacific, Nimitz island hopped from the Gilbert to the Marshall Islands, and then moved west to capture the Marianas Islands – moving towards the southern tip of Japan.

Detailed explanation-3: -This practice-skipping over heavily fortified islands in order to seize lightly defended locations that could support the next advance-became known as island hopping. As Japanese strongholds were isolated, defenders were left to weaken from starvation and disease.

Detailed explanation-4: -The offensive against the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Archipelago marked the beginning of ‘Island Hopping’. The Guadalcanal Campaign, fought between August 1942 and February 1943, eventually succeeded in forcing Japan to relinquish the island.

Detailed explanation-5: -Given the geography of the war in the Pacific in WWII, the United States adopted a strategy of leapfrogging or island-hopping. This strategy called for gaining control of islands that were not well-fortified by the Japanese and then using these islands as staging areas to prepare for the next invasion.