Definition of Island Hopping is: military strategy which was used by the Allies in World War II of concentrating on Japanese islands which were not well defended.
This was created by General Douglas MacArthur with assistance of the Navy. They created an acronym for all the major islands needing to be taken over which is BIGOT. Which stands for Bougainville, Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, Okinawa, and Tarwa.
Island hopping began with taking over Guadalcanal in August 1942.
The point of Island Hopping was to avoid having to invade and capture every island in the Pacific. After the Marines captured an island they used that island as a Forward Operating Base (FOB). The island order was known as the Bonin chain.
This was created by General Douglas MacArthur with assistance of the Navy. They created an acronym for all the major islands needing to be taken over which is BIGOT. Which stands for Bougainville, Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, Okinawa, and Tarwa.
Island hopping began with taking over Guadalcanal in August 1942.
The point of Island Hopping was to avoid having to invade and capture every island in the Pacific. After the Marines captured an island they used that island as a Forward Operating Base (FOB). The island order was known as the Bonin chain.