2007-02-03 03:33:50 · 6 answers · asked by chris r 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The overall strategy was island hopping, to skip over strong defensive positions until they were surrounded, then attack. The strategy was very effective in that it weakened defenses on stong islands by cutting off supplies and reinforcements.
2007-02-03 05:28:26 · answer #1 · answered by Spartacus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There were actually two US theatres after the first six months of dismal defeats. One was MacArthur's out of Australia, heading toward the Philippines; one Nimitz', heading straight across the Pacific. On our first offensive of the war, the two theatres collided, and the Navy ended up with most of the action in the Solomon Islands.
Both, 'island hopped," meaning that they left many thousand Japanese soldiers to starve, as they moved to seize islands with serviceable airfields and cut Japanese troops out of both reinforcement and resupply.
My own opinion is that the Navy's offensive was the correct one, while MacArthur's was a personal vendetta against the people who had kicked him out of his incompetent Philippine command. But everyone has an opinion.
2007-02-03 20:03:12 · answer #2 · answered by obelix 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get as many islands as possible. Find some oil fields.
2007-02-03 11:37:24 · answer #3 · answered by ndrsfarkas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Island hop all the way to Japan....then bomb the hell of of them.
2007-02-03 11:41:22 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bypass strong points and choke off supply lines.
2007-02-03 11:37:01 · answer #5 · answered by David B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not do your homework for you.
2007-02-03 11:41:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋