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In 1941, Gen. Douglas MacArthur was forced to surrender the Philippines, but made his famous promise of I shall return.. Three years later, he made good on his promise to liberate the islands. Island hopping was the strategy used by the United States command.
Solomon Island chain, as their first offensive campaign in the Pacific. The Solomons represented the farthest reach of Japanese territorial. control in the Pacific, and would be the first of many islands the U.S. would retake in a brutal three-year island-hopping campaign to reach and defeat Japan. The Battles: The Solomon Islands Campaign lasted six months and consisted of a number of major battlesâon land, at sea and in the air. American forces first landed on the Solomon Islands of Guadalcanal, Tulagi and Florida on the morning of August 7, 1942. After some fierce fighting, the Marines cleared Tulagi and Florida by August 9.