The “Island Hopping” Campaign

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The “Island Hopping” Campaign War in the Pacific The “Island Hopping” Campaign

War in the Pacific By 1942 Japan controls every island in the Pacific south to Australia and east to Hawaii U.S. has to fight their way west across the Pacific Ocean towards Japan

War in the Pacific

War in the Pacific What is the strategy? The Island Hopping Campaign: The U.S. would only invade weaker held islands, and go around the stronger fortified islands

War in the Pacific General Douglas McArthur runs the Pacific side of the war for the U.S. Each island victory took months and cost thousands of U.S. lives

War in the Pacific The biggest advantage for the U.S. was our airforce, as it would dominate the Pacific campaign To soften up each island, our navy would carry out a massive bombardment of artillery shells

War in the Pacific The turning point: June 1942 on the island of Midway 4 Japanese air craft carriers are sunk crippling their navy; Japan changes their style of fighting This restores American faith in war

War in the Pacific

War in the Pacific 1943-1945 the U.S. continues to push north and west, island by island towards Japan The Japanese are relentless in fighting; they would rather die than surrender to the U.S. as that was considered a disgrace

War in the Pacific As we get closer to Japan, battles at Leyte Gulf, Okinawa, and Iwo Jima slow the U.S. progress and cause more deaths than any previous island battles This was the last stand of the Japanese before they are pushed back to their own home island

War in the Pacific

War in the Pacific By June 1945 the only island left to take is Japan This would be the biggest invasion yet and cost an estimated, one million lives Or would it?