Island+Hopping+Campaign

**ISALND HOPPING** **-landhopping was a stategy used by the Allies to capture key islands, one after another, until Japan came within range of American ** media type="youtube" key="-8zc6lvZUBU" height="349" width="425"
 *  Led by General Douglas MacArthur Commander of the Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific, and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet, the first stage of the offensive began with the Navy under Nimitz, and Marine landings on Guadalcanal and nearby islands in the Solomons **


 * -It was during this time is when the picture of the the famous raising of the American flag on the Island of IwoJima was taken **