Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nzira yePacific yakavhurwa muna August 1941, asi yakakanganiswa nekutanga kwehondo
pakati peJapan neU.S.; pashure paDecember 1941, ngarava dzeSoviet bedzi dzaigona kushandiswa, uye, sezvo Japan neUSSR vakacherechedza kusarerekera kwakasimba kune mumwe nomumwe, zvinhu zvisiri zvechiuto bedzi zvaigona kutakurwa. Kunyange zvakadaro, matani 8 244 000 ezvinhu akapfuura nomugwagwa uyu, 50% yenhamba yose.