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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

In the Pacific during World War II, the services experienced the ... of the Army watercraft fleet required to fight another island-hopping military strategy if China attacks Taiwan.