Which role did the policy of island hopping play in World War II?

A. It allowed the United States to focus on controlling islands with locations of strategic importance to overall victory.

B. It enabled the Japanese to control locations in the Pacific from which it could more easily attack Pearl Harbor.

C. It permitted the Japanese to avoid the strongest of United States naval positions as they moved across the Pacific.

D. It gave the United States a strategic advantage as it prepared "Operation Return" to take back the Philippines.

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Chad Morgan

5 January, 14:34

Which role did the policy of island hopping play in World War II?

A. It allowed the United States to focus on controlling islands with locations of strategic importance to overall victory.

B. It enabled the Japanese to control locations in the Pacific from which it could more easily attack Pearl Harbor.

C. It permitted the Japanese to avoid the strongest of United States naval positions as they moved across the Pacific.

D. It gave the United States a strategic advantage as it prepared "Operation Return" to take back the Philippines.

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Jacqueline Mullen · Answer 1

A would be correct. The US employed "island hopping" or "leapfrogging" tactics as a way to quickly move across the Pacific toward Japan. A small landing force could decimate a Japanese stronghold and replace it with an American base from which another landing force would launch. It cut back on cost and time, since a fleet wouldn't have to return to a base thousands of miles away to refuel and regroup any longer.