Why did the Allies want to secure islands that held strategic importance in the Pacific? to establish bases from which to invade the Japanese mainland to resist Japan and invade from the northeast to free Jews being held in labor camps to destroy Japanese infrastructure

They wanted to secure islands in the pacific because they needed a ground to stand on and then they could invade Japan a little bit easier because then they could ship supplies easier therefore getting it done quicker.

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.

what are the options?