WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Island Hopping
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Atomic bombs
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Unrestricted submarine warfare
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Blitzkrieg
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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: -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-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Possessing the combat power and economic might to defeat Japan across multiple locations, the United States began an island hopping campaign. This strategy neutralized Japanese defenses because the Allies could simply isolate and bypass many of the fortified Japanese positions and islands.
Detailed explanation-5: -The army would attack Hitler’s troops at their weakest points first and slowly advance toward German soil. The plan was known as “closing the ring.” In December 1941, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to attack German holdings in North Africa first. That maneuver was finally executed in October 1942.