Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kubvira muna 1943 zvichienda mberi, hondo dzakarwiwa zvakaoma muhondo dzeBuna-Gona, Tarawa, Gungwa rePhilippine,
Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, uye zvimwe zvakaguma nokurasikirwa kunotyisa, zvikurukuru kurutivi rweJapan, uye zvakaguma nokudzokera shure kweJapan. VaJapan vashomanene kwazvo vakapedzisira vava mumisasa yavasungwa vehondo. Ikoku kungave kwakanga kuri nemhaka yokusava nechido kwavarwi vechiJapan chokuzviisa pasi. Hondo yeOkinawa yaiva hondo ine ropa zvikurusa yeHondo yePacific. Nhamba yose yevakaurawa yakakatyamadza varongi vemauto eAmerica. Ikoku kwakavaita kuti vatye kupinda muzvitsuwa zvikuru zveJapan, nemhaka yokuti kwaizoguma nenhamba huru zvikuru yavakafa. Utsinye hwekurwisana hunoratidzwa nemauto eU.S. anotora nhengo dzomuviri kubva kumasoja akafa echiJapan se"zvikomborero zvehondo" kana kuti "zviyeuchidzo zvehondo" uye kudya vanhu kwechiJapan.