Island-hopping campaign in the Pacific

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World War II campaign military campaign military strategy

The Island-hopping campaign in the Pacific was a World War II Allied strategy of selectively seizing key islands to advance toward Japan while bypassing and isolating heavily fortified enemy positions.

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Island-hopping campaign in the Pacific canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II campaign ⓘ military campaign ⓘ military strategy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	leapfrogging strategy ⓘ
bypassedLocation	Kavieng ⓘ Rabaul ⓘ Truk Lagoon ⓘ
characteristic	high casualty amphibious landings ⓘ logistically complex operations ⓘ
commandedBy	Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
commandStructure	Pacific Ocean Areas Command ⓘ surface form: Pacific Ocean Areas command South West Pacific Area ⓘ surface form: Southwest Pacific Area command
contributedTo	strategic bombing of Japan ⓘ surrender of Japan in 1945 ⓘ
endTime	1945 ⓘ
goal	advance toward the Japanese home islands ⓘ bypass heavily fortified Japanese positions ⓘ cut off and isolate Japanese garrisons ⓘ secure bases for airfields and naval operations ⓘ
historicalSignificance	key factor in Allied victory in the Pacific theater ⓘ
influencedBy	limitations of Allied shipping and manpower ⓘ need to secure airfields for long-range bombers ⓘ
notableOperation	Battle of Guam (1944) ⓘ Battle of Iwo Jima ⓘ Battle of Kwajalein ⓘ Battle of Okinawa ⓘ Battle of Peleliu ⓘ Battle of Saipan ⓘ Battle of Tarawa ⓘ Invasion of Tinian ⓘ surface form: Battle of Tinian Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign Mariana and Palau Islands campaign ⓘ
opposedBy	Imperial Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
partOf	Pacific War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
result	establishment of bomber bases within range of Japan ⓘ isolation of major Japanese garrisons ⓘ progressive encirclement of Japan ⓘ
startTime	1943 ⓘ
strategy	amphibious assaults ⓘ bypassing strongpoints ⓘ combined arms operations ⓘ selective seizure of key islands ⓘ
tactic	carrier-based air support ⓘ seizure of airfields ⓘ use of naval gunfire support ⓘ
theater	Central Pacific ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ South West Pacific Area ⓘ surface form: Southwest Pacific
usedBy	Allied forces ⓘ Australian Defence Force ⓘ surface form: Australian forces United States Armed Forces ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ

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United States Armed Forces in World War II → majorOperation → Island-hopping campaign in the Pacific ⓘ