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How was the island-hopping strategy used to fight the japanese in the pacific?.

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A military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against the Axis powers (most notably Japan) during World War II. It entailed taking over an island and establishing a military base there. The base was in turn used as a launching point for the attack and takeover of another island.

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-Allied -forces -captured -a few strategic Pacific islands from the -Japanese and then used those -reclaimed islands as bases from which to advance to the remaining -targets.-

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