Which of the following best describes the allied strategy in the pacific?
a) direct military invasion of the japanes mainland
b) a large land assault of the italian peninsula
c) negotiate with japan for peace
d) progressing toward japan by attempting to take military control of pacific islands

D.) Progressing toward Japan by attempting to take military control of Pacific Islands

Explanation:

The Allied pacific campaign was mainly focused on beating back the IJN and army from their territories in the Pacific, and most of the fighting took place on key islands to dislodge the Japanese forces and shrink their territory and access to resources. A  big reason that Imperial Japan conquered so much pacific territory was to get access to critical resources like oil, which before the war had largely been imported from places like America. Thus, starving the Empire of their resource base would severely-hamper the Axis war effort.

Island hopping was a popular strategy that the Allies used to save time and resources by only targeting certain islands and setting up bases on others to pin down more-fortified Japanese bases without having to dedicate forces to them, so the Allied fleet could move closer to Japan faster.

secretly cooperate with one another.

the bar kochba rebellion (132-135) against the roman empire, also known as the second jewish-roman war, was the second major jewish revolt in judea and the last of the great jewish-roman wars.

after the first jewish-roman war of the years 66-73, the roman authorities took measures to crush any new attempt of rebellion in judea. his political situation was modified and instead of a prefect a governor of praetorian rank was appointed, and in the ruins of jerusalem the seat of a complete roman legion, the legio x fretensis was established.

the political and religious direction of the jewish people was left in the hands of the sanhedrin, with initial headquarters in yavne.

the direct causes of the rebellion vary according to the source. the roman historian dio cassius (155-229) attributes the revolt to the decision of hadrian to found in the place of jerusalem a roman city called aelia capitolina (aelia by its own name and capitolina in honor of the roman god jupiter). on the other hand, the jewish sources, while recognizing this resolution as true, assign higher priority to the decrees dictated by hadrian that forbade the brit milah (circumcision), the respect of the sabbath and the laws of purity in the family.

hadrian's intention was to "civilize" and incorporate the jews once and for all into the greco-roman culture. for greek and roman culture, circumcision was an intolerable mutilation.

the jewish tradition tells in the midrash tanjuma a meeting between rabbi akiva and the governor turnus rufus, where he asked for an explanation about the circumcision.

an additional legion, the legio vi ferrata, moved to the province to maintain order, and work began in the year 131 after the governor of judea, turnus rufus performed the founding ceremony of aelia capitolina. a roman coin with the inscription aelia capitolina was struck in the year 132.

the tannaim rabbi akiva, who without being named nasi directed the sanhedrin, convinced the other members to support the imminent rebellion.

the jewish leaders carefully planned the second rebellion to avoid the numerous errors that had been committed in the first one. in the year 132 the rebellion led by bar kochba quickly expanded from modiim throughout the country, defeating the x roman legion based in jerusalem and destroying the xxii roman legion that had come from egypt.