In World War II, the main American strategy to fight Japan was to

A. mount two offensive campaigns to attack the Japanese from two directions.

B. concentrate U. S. forces into one large offensive moving west from the Marshall Islands.

C. quickly recapture the Midway Islands from the Japanese.

D. establish a strong defensive position in the Solomon Islands to lure in the Japanese.

E. encourage the Japanese navy to overextend itself past the Gilbert Islands, then attack from behind.

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6 April, 01:11

In World War II, the main American strategy to fight Japan was to

A. mount two offensive campaigns to attack the Japanese from two directions.

B. concentrate U. S. forces into one large offensive moving west from the Marshall Islands.

C. quickly recapture the Midway Islands from the Japanese.

D. establish a strong defensive position in the Solomon Islands to lure in the Japanese.

E. encourage the Japanese navy to overextend itself past the Gilbert Islands, then attack from behind.

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Troy Benjamin · Answer 1

Option: A. mount two offensive campaigns to attack the Japanese from two directions.

Explanation:

In World War II, America main tactics to fight was through two-pronged attack across the central and southwest Pacific to push back the Japanese advance. In the 1930s, Japan became a powerful nation with its Imperial Japanese Army. The main purpose of the Japanese Imperial Army was to become a superpower in Asia. America inter into a fight with Japan when the Japanese Air Force attacked Pearl Harbor.