Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pacific Route yakavhurwa muna August 1941, asi yakakanganiswa ne
kutanga kwehondo pakati peJapan neU.S.; pashure paDecember 1941, ngarava dzeSoviet chete ndidzo dzaigona kushandiswa, uye, sezvo Japan neUSSR vakacherechedza kusarerekera kwakasimba kune mumwe nemumwe, zvinhu zvisiri zvechiuto chete zvaigona kutakurwa. Kunyange zvakadaro, matani 8 244 000 ezvinhu akapfuura nomugwagwa uyu, 50% yenhamba yose.