"However, rather than take every single island in the area, [he] decided on what became known as ‘island-hopping.’ This tactic meant that the Americans took the larger more important islands captured by the Japanese in the Pacific (such as Iwo Jima and Okinawa) and left the smaller ones to ‘wither on the vine. ’ ”
Who implemented the World War II military strategy described in this text?
A)General Douglas MacArthur
B)President Harry Truman
C)President Franklin Roosevelt
D)General Dwight Eisenhower
