We adopted the Island hopping strategy because of the distance between the US and japan we needed military bases along the way to stop and re supply. by island hopping we were not only able to win key victories against the Japanese by taking key military installations that over time really weakened the Japanese in their air power.
<span>The island hopping strategy was instead of attacking Japan mainland directly, US forces attached and took over islands around it. The objective was to starve them to surrender. It was a slow process because it required heavy navy shelling from offshore and then marines going up the island to capture it.</span>
The battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac (This was the ship's name when it was a US Navy ship. The CSA renamed it the Virginia) was the most famous naval encounter of the American Civil War. It is important because it showed that the era of wooden ships was coming to an end.
The reason is that in a parlimentary system, Parliment has much more power than the other branches. But, in a Semi-Presidental government, The President has an extreme amount of power. He can choose the Prime Minister and can destroy a whole Political Party
