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The Pacific theater involved mostly island hopping--seeking out battles
on selected islands while skipping others. The islands that were
skipped were cut off from supplies and reinforcements, and little by
little the Allies got close enough to invade Japan. Japan was too far
from the U.S. or its allies, except China, to invade directly, and China
is further west than Japan, so it couldn't be invaded first. Of course,
no invasion was necessary.
The Chinese fought hard against the Japanese, but they also spent a lot
of time fighting among themselves, so they did not significantly help
the U.S. effort. Except that they tied down a million soldiers, which is
no small feat.
In Europe, the Allies attacked North Africa so they could invade Italy.
I'm not sure if they intended to invade Germany from Italy, but there
was a second, larger invasion of France. From there they pushed on
Germany.
The Soviets attacked the Nazis from the east, and they carried out the
brunt of the fighting in Europe. So the idea was a pincer effect,
attacking from both east and west.
In both theaters, bombing of cities where war material was manufactured
was essential. Part of the purpose of the Africa campaign was to cut off
Middle Eastern oil supplies, which were essential to the Third Reich.
Defeating Germany was a higher priority than defeating Japan.</span>
In Spartan society the daily life varied due to the governing style in comparison to the Athenian life style, the men lived in the barracks until they were thirty so the women were in charge of the household up until then and still kept about this.
