Kammala wannan jumlar: Japan, wadda ke da burin mamaye Asiya da Pacific, ta yi yaƙi da Jamhuriyar China a shekara ta 1937. A watan Disamba na 1941, Japan ta kai hari kan yankunan Amurka da na Burtaniya tare da kusan hare-haren lokaci guda kan kudu maso gabashin Asiya da tsakiyar Pacific, gami da kai hari kan rundunar Amurka a Pearl Harbor wanda ya tilasta wa Amurka ta ayyana yaƙi da Japan; kasashen Turai na Axis sun ayyana yaƙi da Amurka a hadin kai. Japan ba da daɗewa ba ta kama yawancin yammacin Pacific, amma an dakatar da ci gabanta a cikin 1942 bayan ta rasa mahimmancin Yaƙin Midway; daga baya, Jamus da Italiya sun ci nasara a Arewacin Afirka da Stalingrad a Tarayyar Soviet. Muhimman abubuwan da suka faru a 1943<unk>ciki har da jerin nasarar Jamus a Gabas ta Gabas, da
Allied mamayewa na Sicily da kuma Italiyanci na Italiyanci, da kuma Allied offensives a cikin Pacific <unk> sun kashe ikon Axis da kuma tilasta shi zuwa ga tsarin da ya dace a duk bangarori. A cikin 1944, Allies na Yamma sun mamaye Faransa da Jamus ta mamaye, yayin da Tarayyar Soviet ta dawo da asarar yankunanta kuma ta juya ga Jamus da kawayenta. A cikin 1944 da 1945, Japan ta sami koma baya a cikin babban yankin Asiya, yayin da Allies suka gurgunta Sojojin ruwan Japan kuma suka kama manyan tsibiran yammacin Pacific.