In the summer of 1942 the united states began fighting a different kind of war in the pacific than it had been fighting up to that point. military leaders had decided to change their strategy. describe the kind of war america had been fighting from december 1941 to the summer of 1942, and then describe the new strategy. include the name of the battle that marked the turing point between two strategies.

Prior to 1942, the United states army decided to adopt a defensive strategy in the pacific territories. But this strategy failed and they experienced more casualties that they can sustain .

Because of this,  United States decided to adopt "island-hopping" strategy (or leapfrogging strategy)  to overwhelm Japanese army on islands.  They concentrated their attack on strategic locations that were not well-defended by the Japanese army to disrupt their coordination.

The battle that marked the turning point between these two strategy  was the Battle of Midway,

though africans landed with few possessions, they carried their cultures, skills, and spiritual worldviews into the americas. wherever african religions took root in the new world, africans and their descendants changed and adapted their belief systems to local circumstances and influences. individual circumstances created variations in the way people practiced their faiths, what they believed, and what significance it held for their lives.

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