In the summer of 1942, the united states began fighting a different kind of war in the pacific than it had been fighting up to that point. military leaders had decided to change their strategy. describe the kind of war america had been fighting from december 1941 to the summer of 1942, and then describe the new strategy. include the name of the battle that marked the turning point between the two strategies.

America had been fighting an 'island hopping' war, which meant that they would take only the big, strategic islands, and cut off the other islands from supplies, rendering them useless. This was effective, as they saved lives and equipment, instead of attacking every single one. The turning point of the war came in 'the battle of Midway', where the US navy heavily crippled the Japanese Navy, rendering them useless from then on.

The Japanese also lost at Leyte Gulf, and lost the rest of there fleet there in a gamble to try to destroy the US fleet