I te tau 1941, ka whakahau te Pirimia o Hapani, a Hideki Tojo, kia whakaekea te United States, ka whakauruhia taua whenua ki te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. E wha tau i muri mai, ka tukua a Hapani
, me te United States toa me ona hoa tīmata ki te whakawakia Tojo me ētahi atu mema o te kāwanatanga Japanese mō te hara whawhai.