ghting spirit were costly. Firstly, this caused delay in organizing convoys to protect Japanese merchant shipping. Secondly, they had the failure to strengthen air power. Thirdly, they had an inability to devise a counter to an American "Island- Hopping" Strategy. This Island- Hopping Strategy was not to retake all of the Japanese held islands but to concentrate on attacking bases that could be used to dominate wide areas through air power, and for further advances. Lastly, there was low priority given to military technology so the Japanese could not match the allies in the area of the atomic bomb and developments of radar.
             The Japanese lost the war also as the US captured vital bases. The US fought in the Coral Sea firstly in which Japanese were forced to retire northward. The battle o
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