In the summer of 1942 the United States began fighting a different kind of war in the pacific than it had been fighting up to th
at point. Military leaders had decided to change their strategy. DESCRIBE THE KIND OF WAR AMERICA HAD BEEN FIGHTING FROM DECEMBER 1941 TO THE SUMMER OF 1942, AND THEN DESCRIBE THE NEW STRATEGY. INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE BATTLE THAT MARKED THE TURING POINT BETWEEN TWO STRATEGIES.
Prior to 1942, the United states army decided to adopt a defensive strategy in the pacific territories. But this strategy failed and they experienced more casualties that they can sustain .
Because of this, United States decided to adopt "island-hopping" strategy (or leapfrogging strategy) to overwhelm Japanese army on islands. They concentrated their attack on strategic locations that were not well-defended by the Japanese army to disrupt their coordination.
The battle that marked the turning point between these two strategy was the Battle of Midway,
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