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 t
hat 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 turning point between the two strategies
The answer is prior to 1942, the US pursued a defensive war in the pacific. This strategy failed, so, the US adopted the "island-hopping" strategy to overwhelm Japanese forces on islands. The battle that forced this new form of thinking was the Battle of Midway, in which the US began a counter-offensive campaign against Japan.
