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"Negro Troops of 24th Infantry" The US Army used a couple specific tactics that helped them on and off of the battlefield in WWII. They used special tactics for communication for relaying messages, strategic bombings of enemy cities, and a strategy called "island hopping" that was used in the pacific battle against Japan. ( "Island Hopping")

When communicating and sending messages during the war, codes were needed to hide these messages if they were intercepted by enemies. The US Army recruited American Navajo natives to make a code and then send and decipher messages during the war. This tactic contributed largely to the US Army success because this code was never broke, and therefore they lost nearly no messages. The code was not the direct dialect of the Navajo's so enemy attempts to capture Navajo natives did not help, because it was still a code of their language. For a dictionary of the Navajo code talk go [|here]

Strategic bombings were used throughout the war by the US Army. A good example of how they would bomb enemy cities would be the Doolittle Air Raid which was a long-distance counter-attack after Pearl Harbor. It involved modifying bomber planes so they could specifically travel long-distances and surprise attacking Tokyo. The mission was a success (partially, there were some errors) and was used many more times throughout the war. For more information on the Doolittle raid go [|here]

Island Hopping was the main strategy used during the war for the pacific against Japan. It's plan was to capture key islands in the pacific, to pave a way straight to Japan so that they could start bombing their main cities and force them to surrender (Australian allies were also a major factor in this strategy, as they provided a large amount of troops coming from the southeast.) The main battle of this strategy involved the island Iwo Jima, which not only would allow the bombing of Japan, but also contained the Japanese armies main airstrips where they were launching their air attacks. The strategy was a success, and ended with Japan surrendering. By Kyle Ringhoffer