it is clear they want to avoid any comparisons to the Corps’ bloody slog through the Pacific in World War II. “The historical comparison to the World War II island-hopping campaign ...

halfway across the Pacific, at Marine Corps Base Hawaii Kaneohe Bay. The route chosen somewhat mimicked the path the Marines had to take during the so-called island-hopping campaign of World War ...

And that could jeopardize the Marines’ Pacific war strategy. The Medium Landing ... General David Berger announced the Corps’ new island-hopping strategy five years ago, weren’t terribly ...

Most Americans know about the nations in the vast South and Western Pacific mainly from the island-hopping battles of World War II. The countries are still crucial to America’s defense ...

It would go on to become a blueprint of sorts for the “island hopping” strategy that the Marine Corps and Navy would use to fight the Pacific campaign of World War II. “Considering our ...

In 1920, there was a new empire on the rise in the Pacific, and the Marine Corps wanted to know what to do in case of war with Imperial ... the American island-hopping strategy that would target ...

During World War II, the vast Pacific proved the battlefield of ... the United States Navy struck out from its bases in Hawaii in an island-hopping campaign that would take them to the very ...

No historical account of World War II would be complete without covering the Battle of Iwo Jima. At first glance, it seems similar to many other battles that happened late in the Pacific War ...

US Marines are learning how to battle adversaries like China on remote islands in response to rising tensions in the Pacific ... in the event of a potential war, the Post noted.