Hopping

The famous strategy that the US army used in the Pacific War was island hopping (跳島戰術), which is not without interest to meticulous students.

The idea was simple: The Allied army attacked only Pacific islands that were strategically important and poorly defended, while bypassing those heavily fortified by the Japanese soldiers.

This strategy worked. The Allies used submarine and air forces to isolate Japanese bases and limit their supply. As a result, troops on islands that had been bypassed became useless; they would either surrender or die of negligence.

PS. The strategy was generally regarded as devised by the US general Douglas McArthur. That's not entirely correct - a few of his colleagues played a crucial role in its development. Nonetheless, we almost always quote only the first author when referring to a paper, do we not ?