Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - China yakarwisa Japan nebetsero inobva kuSoviet Union neUnited States. Pashure pokurwisa kweJapan Malaya
uye Pearl Harbor muna 1941, hondo yakabatanidzwa nedzimwe hondo idzo dzinowanzoiswa pasi pemakakatanwa eHondo Yenyika II senzvimbo huru inozivikanwa seChina Burma India Theatre. Dzimwe nyanzvi dzinofunga kuti Hondo yokuEurope neHondo yokuPacific hondo mbiri dzakasiyana, kunyange zvazvo dziri nguva imwe chete. Dzimwe nyanzvi dzinofunga kuti kutanga kweHondo Yenyika Yechipiri yeChina neJapan yakazara muna 1937 ndiko kwakava kutanga kweHondo Yenyika II. Hondo yeChipiri yeChina neJapan ndiyo hondo huru zvikuru yeAsia muzana remakore rechi20. Yakanga iri mhaka yokuurawa kukuru kwavagari vemo navauto muHondo yePacific, navanhuwo zvavo vechiChina vane mamiriyoni ari pakati pe10 ne25 uye vashandi vehondo vechiChina nevechiJapan vanopfuura mamiriyoni 4 vakashaika kana kuti vakafa nemhaka yechisimba chine chokuita nehondo, nzara, uye zvimwe zvikonzero". Hondo yacho yakanzi "kuparadzwa kweAsia".