Please don't be offended by what I tell you. The commanding Admiral of the Allied Forces in the Pacific said this was their mission, "Kill Japs, kill more Japs." That was the term they used back then to refer to the Japanese. It was easier to say. The military strategy was to repel the Japanese from Southwest Asia and do an island hopping campaign to take back islands and push the Japanese back to their mainland. This is exactly what they did. It took years but they did it. The Atomic Bombs finally motivated Emperor Hirohito to surrender and stopped an invasion of Japan.
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the US called it "island hopping" which was a strategy to invade Japanese occupied islands. Their strategy was to fire an artillery barrage on the island shores by naval ships and then land infantry/armour on the island. Once the island was taken, the US would leave back a handful of ships and men to defend the island until the war was over. They did this to every Japanese occupied island. It was a turning point in the war because the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour earlier in the war and now it's the island of Midway for the Americans to avenge the attack. The mission was to secure Pearl Harbour from the Japanese since Midway was in between P.H and Japan itself.
Just how far do you want to be taken back? Perhaps Guadalcanal, when we realized island-hopping was our only hope for beating the Japanese, or even further? Maybe Midway, when the United States managed to deal its first major blow against Japanese dominance in the Pacific, leading to the Guadalcanal/Solomon Islands campaign, or maybe to the start of it all? Pearl Harbor, where we realized that the threat of Japan was VERY, VERY real and that Japan had to be stopped in any way possible? Take your pick.
the effects of the war, were that france lost the war and the other ones won it
The Americans and Allied Forces won the battle of Iwo Jima and most of the battles to take back the islands on the island hopping campaign.
The American forces had to take the Pacific back from the Japanese island by island.
The Japanese force was driven back to New Guinea.
No - especially after Johnston was badly wounded and had to be replaced by Lee. The Union armies were driven back almost to the sea.
MacArthur, first was in the Philippines. He fled when the Philippines was over run gaining the nickname "Dougout Doug", saying that he was never on the front lines. When he fled though, his famous words were 'ill be back'. island hopping was the method of invading islands one at a time to work closer to Japan.
I believe it was known as "Island Hopping" where the U.S. tried to capture as many strategic islands as possible in an effort to push the Japanese back.
they been driven back to japan
used for hopping and jumpimg
Island-Hopping. They would only takeover the important islands that Japan controlled. It would take longer for them to take back all the islands.
In 1942, the Battle of Midway turned the war against Japan. The Japanese fought to the last man and started Kamikaze missions. The Americans had to fight hard for even a little piece of land to take back . They went from island to island and captured one island at a time. It was called the 'island-hopping'.
Move closer to the japanese mainland-Apex
WWII in Europe was a Land War. WWII in the Pacific was an Ocean War. Discounting the CBI Theater (China, Burma, India). The Axis (Japan) took islands in the pacific and fortified them into military garrisons/AIRFIELDS & NAVAL BASES. These were needed to "Protect" the Empire. The Allies (US, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) fought to take those island garrisons/AIRFIELDS & NAVAL BASES back. These were needed to "Attack" the Empire. That was the strategy. The tactics were NAVAL BATTLES. Whom ever won the naval battles; won the islands.