"Europe First" strategy
When the US entered World War II in 1941, its strategy was to send most of its troops to the Pacific to battle Japanese forces. Later, from 1943-1945 the US led the allied war effort in Europe.
The two main Allied commanders in the PTO were Commander-in-Chief Pacific Ocean Areas, the title held by Admiral Chester Nimitz and Supreme Allied Commander South West Pacific Area1, General Douglas MacArthur
The Pacific
"Island Hopping" .
Leyte Gulf
"Island-Hopping" .
island hopping in the pacific
Only islands that were not well defended.
island hopping
The Allied goal in the Pacific was to obtain the unconditional surrender of Japan.
One of the allied commanders of the Pacific fleet was General Douglas MacArthur. Another allied commander was Admiral William Halsey.
Island hopping, also called leapfrogging, was an important military strategy in the Pacific Theater of World War II. The strategy was to bypass heavily fortified Japanese positions and instead concentrate the limited Allied resources on strategically important islands that were not well defended but capable of supporting the drive to the main islands of Japan
"Europe First" strategy
Sicily
Yalta
Allied forces captured a few strategic pacific islands from the Japanese and then used those reclaimed islands as bases from which to advance the remaining targets