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Both Nimitz and MacArthur applied leapfrogging and island hopping as major strategies.

Admiral Chester Nimitz was appointed the title of “Supreme Allied Commander Pacific Ocean Areas,” and in the other major theater in the Pacific region, known as the South West Pacific theater, Allied forces were commanded by U.S. The base was in turn used as a launching point for the attack and takeover of another island. Island hopping entailed taking over an island and establishing a military base there.

Leapfrogging was a military strategy that entailed bypassing and isolating heavily fortified Japanese positions while preparing to take over strategically important islands.