WORLD WAR II
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WORLD WAR II
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by passing smaller Pacific islands to get closer to Japan
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Launching all attacks from Pearl Harbor
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grabbing key islands to get closer to the Japanese mainland
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recapturing all Japanese island and territories
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Detailed explanation-1: -The “island hopping” plan involved winning battles on Pacific islands to gain military bases and moving across the Pacific Ocean and closer to Japan. This strategy would span three years and would take U.S. forces in almost a full circle around the Pacific.
Detailed explanation-2: -Macarthur and Nimitz planned a two pronged attack: MacArthur would push northwest along the New Guinea coast and into the Bismarck Archipelago with the eventual aim of liberating the Philippines; Nimitz would cross the central Pacific, ‘hopping’ through the Gilbert, Marshall, Caroline and Marianas islands.
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: -American forces first landed on the Solomon Islands of Guadalcanal, Tulagi, and Florida on the morning of August 7, 1942.
Detailed explanation-5: -They would orchestrate a series of complex maneuvers that has come to be known as “island hopping”. The purpose of this plan was to attack islands that were not as strongly defended by the Japanese. Once under United States control, the island would be fortified and used as a staging area for the next attack.