A Corpus luteum cyst is a type of ovarian cyst which may rupture about the time of menstruation, and take up to three months to disappear entirely. A corpus luteum cyst rarely occurs at age 50+, because eggs are no longer being produced in menopausal women.
the strategy of island hopping was used by the United States in the Pacific theater of world war two. Thought of by Douglas MacArthur, island hopping was a strategy that used the technique of jumping from island to island on a chain to control the chain as a whole vs attacking all the islands at once.
The American invasion of the Philippines in May, 1898 was part of the Spanish-American War, which resulted after the US intervened in the Cuban revolt against Spanish rule. In addition to the Philippines, the US also captured Guam. The Japanese invasion of the Philippines in 1942 had three strategic purposes: 1  To remove US bases in the Western Pacific that could threaten Japan and its seaborne logistics connections. 2  To protect Japan's access to territories in Southeast Asia and Oceania that Japan expected to conquer.