Question

During World War II, the Allies aimed to conquer the small islands in the Pacific Ocean one by one. This strategy of controlling one small island after another is called
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Answer 1

Island hopping !!



Skip over the heavily fortified like Rabaul and Truk.

Central Pacific: Gilberts\Tarawa the Terrible (1000 US marines die in 72 hour battle for a strategic atoll.)

Then Marshall Islands (Eniwetok, Roi-Namur)

Gilbert chain next: Saipan, Tinian, Guam

Iwo Jima

Okinawa

Hollandia, Leyte, etc. in South Pacific