Following Signing Of Surrender Documents
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King supported the “leapfrog” strategy in the Pacific, in which major Japanese strongholds were avoided or isolated while strategic, less-protected locations were captured as stepping stones towards Japan. This strategy resulted in the defeat of Imperial Japan in September 1945.
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