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 ...

Overgrown, weatherworn evidence of the “island-hopping” campaign of World War II, when U.S. forces leapfrogged across the Pacific, battling the Empire of Japan for strategic advantage on ...

In a theater decided by air power, join us as we delve into the fourth carrier battle of the Pacific War: the crucial Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ... Largest-ever map of space reveals ...

The US Marine Corps has a new island-hopping strategy for a possible war ... And that could jeopardize the Marines’ Pacific war strategy. The Medium Landing Ship shouldn’t have been so ...

Saturday, that legacy was revisisted as Marines began flying again from Peleliu, this time with an eye towards its value in the modern Pacific ... island hopping campaign of World War II, pushing ...

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 ...

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 ...