The "Rough Riders" were volunteer cavalry unit in the Spanish American war.
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The Rough Riders were the 1st Volunteer Cavalry Units of the United States during the Spanish War and the only one to be involved in the combat. It was an unorganized, small and understaffed troops as compared to the troops of the American Civil war.
The troop of the Volunteers were organized by the order of President William Mckinley in order to strengthen the ground force for better assistance during the War. Around 125,000 riders were employed as volunteers to the troops during the war. The troop was also sometimes called “Wood’s Weary Walker” as its first commander was, Colonel Leonard Wood.
During May 1998 around 1060 Rough Riders along with more than 1258 horses and mules were sent to the Southern Pacific railroad to set off to Cuba. On arriving Cuba on 23rd June 1898 the troops unloaded themselves and waited for the further order. The troops lacked an adequate amount of supplies and transportation facilities and were even unskilled. All these served as a demerit t the troop's members who were to see the combat.
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Grade: High school
Subject: US History
Chapter: Rough Riders
Keywords: Rough Riders, 1st Volunteer Cavalry, United States, Spanish War, American Civil war, President, William Mckinley, Wood’s Weary Walker, Colonel Leonard Wood, Southern Pacific railroad, Cuba
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In the war against Japan, the U.S. relied on a strategy of island hopping across the South Pacific.
The island hopping strategy was a military tactic used by the Allies against the Japanese Empire during the Second World War. The idea was to bypass some islands of the Pacific powerfully fortified by the Japanese and thus focus efforts on other strategic islands less well defended that could serve as a basis for Americans to get closer to the Japanese territory in successive flips. This strategy was made possible by the use of air strikes and submarine warfare to block the encroached Japanese bases, isolating them and preventing their supply and reinforcement. Thus, the troops on the bypassed islands could not participate in the Japanese war effort and were considerably weakened by the general shortage they suffered.
a. to create a buffer zone between itself and the Western powers