honchos wrote:
Although decisive victories at Midway and in the Guadalcanal campaignhad raised hopes in a readily attainable Allied victory going against Japan , the fierce battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa forced the conclusion that defeating the Japanese home islands would be neither quick nor easy.
A. had raised hopes in a readily attainable Allied victory going against Japan
B. had raised hopes that an Allied victory against Japan was readily attainable
C. had raised hopes for there being Allied victory toward
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