Full Question:
Why did the United States develop the island-hopping strategy?
The strategy avoided needless slaughter of the Japanese
The strategy sped up the war
The United States wanted to avoid fighting Japan.
The strategy saved the lives of US soldiers.
Most of the islands were barren and uninhabited.
Answer:
The strategy sped up the war
The strategy saved the lives of US soldiers.
Explanation:
<u>The strategy sped up the war
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The island-hopping strategy Deployed the troops to skip the heavily fortified islands and start by conquering the weaker one. The time to conquer less fortified islands tend to be lesser compared to the heavily fortified one while still effectively diminishing Enemy's power at the same time.
<u>The strategy saved the lives of US soldiers.
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The less fortified islands tend to killed less amount of US soldiers during the occupation process. It is implemented to gradually increase the pressure for the Japanese government to surrender while minimizing the casualties in our army at the same time.
