Ka cika wannan magana: A farkon watan Mayu na shekara ta 1942, Japan ta soma aikin kama Port Moresby ta hanyar kai hari a kan jirgin ruwa da kuma ruwa, ta hakan ta katse hanyoyin sadarwa da kuma hanyoyin isar da kayayyaki tsakanin Amirka da Ostareliya. An kaddamar da mamayewar da aka shirya a lokacin da rundunar sojan Allied, ta mayar da hankali kan masu dauke da jiragen ruwa biyu na Amurka, suka yi yaƙi da sojojin ruwa na Japan don yin wasa a cikin
Yaƙin Tekun Coral. Shirin na gaba na Japan, wanda aka karfafa shi ta hanyar Doolittle Raid da ya gabata, shi ne kwace Midway Atoll da kuma jan hankalin Amurkawa masu jigilar kaya zuwa yaƙi don a kawar da su; a matsayin karkatarwa, Japan za ta kuma aika da sojoji don mamaye tsibirin Aleutian a Alaska. A tsakiyar watan Mayu, Japan ta fara yakin Zhejiang-Jiangxi a kasar Sin, da nufin daukar fansa kan Sinawa wadanda suka taimaka wa matukan jirgin saman Amurka da suka tsira a cikin Doolittle Raid ta hanyar lalata sansanonin jiragen saman China da kuma fada da rukunin sojojin kasar Sin na 23 da na 32. A farkon watan Yuni, Japan ta fara ayyukanta, amma Amurkawa, sun karya lambobin jirgin ruwan Japan a ƙarshen Mayu, sun san shirye-shirye da tsari na yaƙi, kuma sun yi amfani da wannan ilimin don cimma nasara mai nasara a Midway akan Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Japan.