Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: MunaGunyana 1940, zvichitevera Kudonha kweFrance uye zvichitevera zvinangwa zvehondo zvePacific zveImperial Japan, Mauto eImperial Japan akapinda muVichy French Indochina, iyo yakaguma nekubudirira kweJapan kuFrench Indochina munaKurume 9, 1945. Musi wa 5 Ndira 1941, Thailand yakatanga Hondo yeFranco-Thai, yakapera musi wa 9 Chivabvu 1941 nechibvumirano chakamanikidzwa neJapan chakasainwa muTokyo. Musi wa 7/8 Zvita, kupinda kweJapan muHondo Yenyika II kwakatanga nekupinda muThailand, nyika yega yakapinda nechisimba kuti ichengetedze rusununguko rwepamutemo, nekuda kwehukama hwayo hwezvematongerwo enyika nehondo nemaJapan. Musi wa 10 Chivabvu 1942, Mauto ayo ekuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero Payap akapinda muBurma panguva yeBurma Campaign. Kubva muna 1941 kusvikira pakuguma kwehondo, vokuJapan
Cambodia, Malaya nePhilippines, izvo zvakazoguma nokuita kuti pave nokuzvimirira. Kubatwa kwePhilippines neJapan kwakatungamirira kukuumbwa kweRepublic yePhilippine yechipiri, yakanyatsoparadzwa muTokyo musi wa17 August 1945. Uyewo musi wa17 August, chirevo cheIndependence yeIndonesia chakaverengwa pakupera kwebasa reJapan reDutch East Indies kubvira muna Kurume 1942.