Kammala wannan magana: A cikin shekaru biyu masu zuwa Allies sannu a hankali ya kama daya tsibirin tushe bayan wani, kokarin samun kusa da Japan kanta, inda shi ya shirya ya kaddamar da m dabarun iska hare-hare da kuma, kawai idan da gaske wajibi ne, kashe wani ƙasa mamayewa. A watan Yulin 1944, Amurka ta sake kama Guam da kuma kama Tinian, wanda a karshe ya sanya su a cikin harin da aka kai wa kasar Japan ta amfani da sabbin 'yan kunar bakin wake Boeing B-29. Duk da ci gaban Allies, har yanzu ana ci gaba da yaƙe-yaƙe, duka a kudu maso gabashin Asiya tare da hare-haren Japan a Indiya da kuma a cikin Pacific, tare da Yaƙin Tekun Philippine, inda Japan ta sha wahala sosai kuma ta rasa ikon dogaro da masu jigilar jiragen sama. Daga bisani a watan Oktoba, wani haɗin kai na sojojin Amurka da Australiya ya kai hari kan sojojin Japan na Imperial a lokacin yakin basasa na Japan.
Yaƙin Gulf na Leyte a cikin abin da ya kasance mafi girman yaƙin jirgin ruwa na Yaƙin Duniya na II kuma mai yiwuwa yaƙin jirgin ruwa mafi girma a kowane lokaci. Nasarar Allied ta cimma burin da aka kafa na ci gaba da yanke man fetur da aka ba wa sojojin Japan, wanda ya riga ya yi ƙoƙari ya yi amfani da sauran ƙarfinsa na ruwa. Yaƙin Leyte Gulf kuma sananne ne a matsayin yaƙin farko wanda jirgin saman Japan ya aiwatar da hare-haren "kamikaze".