Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
Coral Sea neMidway, ngarava dzehondo dzakanga dzisipo kana kuti dzakaputirwa sezvo vatakuri vakatanga mafungu pashure pemafungu endege kupinda mukurwisa pamwero wemakiromita mazana. Basa guru rengarava dzehondo muPacific rakanga rava rokurwisa mabhomba uye kudzivirira ndege dzevatakuri vengarava. Ngarava mbiri dzehondo dzakakura zvikurusa dzati dzambovakwa, dzeJapan, idzo dzaitakura bhatiri guru rezvombo pfumbamwe zvechiuru nemaviri zvamasendimita (460 millimeter) dzakagadzirirwa kuva chombo chikuru chamasimba masimba, asi "Yamato" yakabhomba zvombo zvayo zvikuru mukubata kumwe bedzi, nepo "Musashi" isina kutongobvira yabhomba zvombo zvayo zvikuru mukubata. Vakakanganiswa nokushomeka kworuzivo (zvikepe zvehondo zvinononoka zvakanga zvisingakwanisi kushanda nevatakuri vakakurumidza), dzidziso yechiuto isina kururama (maJapan akamirira "kurwa kunokosha", uko hakuna kumboitika), uye kugadziriswa kusina kururama (sezvakaitika paMidway).