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Encyclopedia > Island hopping
This image portrays the island hop of Christopher Columbus's second voyage to the Caribbean.

Island hopping is a term that has several different definitions as it is applied in various fields. Generally, the term refers to the means of crossing an ocean by a series of shorter journeys between islands, as opposed to a single journey directly across the ocean to the destination. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1861x1085, 82 KB) Summary 2nd voyage of Columbus. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1861x1085, 82 KB) Summary 2nd voyage of Columbus. ... Christopher Columbus (1451 – May 20, 1506) was a navigator and colonialist who is one of the first Europeans to discover the Americas, after the Vikings. ...

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World War II

Island hopping, also called leap frogging, was an important military strategy in the Pacific Theater of World War II. The strategy employed by the Allies of World War II Combined Chiefs of Staff, beginning with Operation Cartwheel, was to bypass heavily fortified Japanese positions and instead concentrate the limited Allied resources on strategically important islands that were not well defended but capable of supporting the drive to the main islands of Japan. This strategy was possible in part because the Allies used submarine and air attacks to blockade and isolate Japanese bases, weakening their garrisons and reducing the Japanese ability to resupply and reinforce. Thus troops on islands which had been bypassed, such as the major base at Rabaul, were useless to the Japanese war effort and left to "wither on the vine." For other uses, see Pacific War (disambiguation). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Look up ally in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS) was the supreme military command for the western Allies during World War II. It was a body constituted from the British Chiefs of Staff Committee and the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff. ... The eastern part of the Territory of New Guinea, and the northern Solomon Islands; the area in which Operation Cartwheel took place, from June 1943. ... A blockade is any effort to prevent supplies, troops, information or aid from reaching an opposing force. ... A view from Rabaul Volcano Observatory across the relatively undamaged western half of Rabaul and towards Tavurur Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, was the headquarters of German New Guinea and then the Australian mandatory territory of New Guinea from 1910 until 1937, the base of Japanese activities in the South Pacific...


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Historically, airplanes that did not have the range to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a single flight took the "island hopping" route from the United States of America to Europe via the Caribbean and the Canary Islands or even further south via Brazil, Ascension Island, and Africa. A northerly route via Newfoundland, Greenland and Iceland was also possible. Airplane and Aeroplane redirect here. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... “West Indian” redirects here. ... Anthem: Arrorró Capital Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 13th  7,447 km²  1. ... Anthem: God Save the Queen Capital Georgetown Largest city Georgetown Official languages English Government Dependency of St. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... Newfoundland —   IPA: [nuw fÉ™n lænd] (French: , Irish: ) is a large island off the east coast of North America, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ...


Island hopping may also refer to the "hopping" from one island to another in an archipelago or multi-island nation. This may be done by means of air travel on a sort of puddle jumper or by boat or ferry. For example, tourism operators may invite visitors to enjoy an "island hopping adventure" by visiting the islands of the Bahamas. The Mergui Archipelago The Archipelago Sea, situated between the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland, the largest archipelago in the world by the number of islands. ... A Silk Air Airbus A320-200 in the air. ... “Flying Machine” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Boat (disambiguation). ... The ferryboat Dongan Hills, filled with commuters, about to dock at a New York City pier, circa 1945. ...


Other uses

In anthropology, island hopping is the method by which the Polynesian people settled the islands of the Pacific Ocean. Anthropology (from Greek: ἀνθρωπος, anthropos, human being; and λόγος, logos, knowledge) is the study of humanity. ... Carving from the ridgepole of a Māori house, ca 1840 Polynesia (from Greek: πολύς many, νῆσος island) is a large grouping of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. ...


In biology, island hopping is the method by which plant and animal species colonize islands. Organisms will move or drift from one island to another and eventually become native to that region. Some species are only endemic to a small group of islands and never are able to "hop" to the mainland, as is that case with many birds of the Galápagos Islands. Biology studies the variety of life (clockwise from top-left) E. coli, tree fern, gazelle, Goliath beetle Biology (from Greek: βίος, bio, life; and λόγος, logos, knowledge), also referred to as the biological sciences, is the study of living organisms utilizing the scientific method. ... This article is about the islands. ...


In the computer security and intrusion detection field island hopping is the act of entering a secured system through a weak link and then "hopping" around on the computer nodes within the internal systems. This article describes how security can be achieved through design and engineering. ... In Information security, Intrusion Detection is the act of detecting actions that attempt to compromise the confidentiality, integrity or availability of a resource. ...


The Spanish discovery and conquest of the Caribbean was preceded by island hopping, as Christopher Columbus discovered San Salvador in 1492, Hispaniola and Dominica in 1493, and so on. He eventually went on to settle on, and name, most of the Caribbean islands. (See image above.) An anachronous map of the Spanish Empire (1492-1898). ... “West Indian” redirects here. ... Christopher Columbus (1451 – May 20, 1506) was a navigator and colonialist who is one of the first Europeans to discover the Americas, after the Vikings. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Also film, 1492: Conquest of Paradise. ... Early map of Hispaniola The island of Hispaniola (from Spanish, La Española) is the second-largest island of the Antilles, lying between the islands of Cuba to the west, and Puerto Rico to the east. ... 1493 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


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Near the close of 1943, a thrust at the Gilbert Islands from the Central Pacific, in which Tarawa, Makin, and Apamama were seized, paved the way for the assault on the Marshall Islands on January 31, 1944.
Betio, the primary island of Tarawa atoll, is only two miles long and 600 yards wide, but it had the only airstrip in the islands and was vigorously defended by highly trained Japanese troops.
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