Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Munguva yeHondo yePacific (Hondo Yenyika II) zviwi zveEllice zvakashandiswa senzvimbo yokugadzirira kurwiswa kwakazotevera kwegungwa paGilbert Islands (Kiribati) iyo yakanga iri
rakagarwa nemauto eJapan. United States Marine Corps yakasvika paFunafuti pana 2 October 1942 uye paNanumea neNukufetau muna August 1943. VaJapan vakanga vatotora Tarawa nezvimwe zvitsuwa zviri muKiribati yazvino, asi vakadzoserwa shure nokurasikirwa kwavo muHondo yeGungwa reCoral.