WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz employed a strategy of “triphibious” warfare to advance through the Pacific. This strategy involved combing air, land, and sea forces to navigate the challenging geography and distances. Overtime, this strategy came to be known as Island Hopping.

Detailed explanation-2: -The US “island hopping” strategy targeted key islands and atolls to capture and equip with airstrips, bringing B-29 bombers within range of the enemy homeland, while hopping over strongly defended islands, cutting off supply lanes and leaving them to wither.

Detailed explanation-3: -As such, the initial strategy adopted by the United States was defensive. It focused on defending its Pacific shores and its line of communications to U.S. holdings and allies in the region.

Detailed explanation-4: -Once under United States control, the island would be fortified and used as a staging area for the next attack. By skipping over heavily defended islands, allowing them to “wither on the vine”, the U.S. forces would be able to advance closer and closer to their ultimate objective.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.