V - E Day means Victory in Europe day, the date the war ended was signed may 7th and ratified May 8th, it was the end of the Nazis. The events leading up to the end of Germany were getting through the Siegfried Line. The Allies came from the west into Germany. Hitler committed suicide along with other head leaders of Germany instead of being captured by the allies.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/v-e-day-is-celebrated-in-american-and-britain
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0862012.html
US policy of island hopping was a line overlapping island bases as well as air control over Japan. It was an offensive the US took against Japan. The goal of island hopping was to cut off key islands from Japan. They were bloody battles led by Nimitz. The attacks were marine landings with amphibious vehicles. The islands they took were stitregicaly took for there airfields or other major place of importance.
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1671.html
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Define_island_hopping
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Quite brief overall.