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Examples of island hopping

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Guadalcanal , Tarawa , Saipan

, Iwo

Jima

, Kwajalein

, Okinawa , Peleliu



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By the summer of 1944, U.S.

forces in the Pacific had established two avenues of attack towards Japan. First was the Central Pacific. U.S.

Navy and Marine Corps units, with Army assistance, were "Island Hopping,' westward from Hawaii towards Japan. The first to fall, were the Gilbert Islands, (Jan-Feb.

1944).

Next came the South and Southwest Pacific forces. Army units, with Navy and Marine Corps support, took Guadalcanal then Bougainville,

(1942-1943). In conjunction with Australian forces, they cleared the areas around New Guinea, (May 1944).

These actions brought American forces to within the inner defenses of the Japanese Empire. Next, the Americans looked for anchorages that would provide naval support and airfields, within striking distance of Japan. The best islands for these purposes were those

located in the Western Pacific-namely

the Marianas and the Palaus

Islands.

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Philippines, Dutch Indies, Borneo, Australia, New Guinea (of Australia) Solomon Islands, and other small neighboring territories

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