Island Hopping, the military tactic used for weakening and flushing out enemy forces on islands that were well packed in, was a brand new technique introduced during WWII. It involved heavy bombing runs by jets and artillery fire from nearby battleships. This made it easier for infantry attack. Island hopping was used to gain crucial islands that were occupied by Japanese forces so that the United States would be able to get closer to the Japanese homeland. They would take one island, then continue to take the next, then the next and so on until they were able to obtain all islands. With all the islands in their possession, it would be easy to launch a huge offensive on Japan itself.

The U.S. Central Pacific Campaign was created during the August 1943 Quebec Conference. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill agreed on fighting in the...