Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mumakore maviri akatevera maAllies akatorera zvishoma nezvishoma chitsuwa chimwe pashure pechimwe, achiedza kusvika pedyo neJapan pachayo, uko yakaronga kutanga kurwisa kukuru kwemhepo kwamasimba masimba uye, bedzi kana kwakanga kuri madikanwa chose chose, kuita hondo yapasi. Pakazosvika July 1944, US yakatorazve Guam ndokutora Tinian, iyo pakupedzisira yakavaisa munharaunda yokurwisa nyika huru yeJapan vachishandisa mabhomba matsva eBoeing B-29. Pasinei nokufambira mberi kweAllies, kurwa kukuru kwakanga kuchiri kuitika, zvose zviri muSouth-East Asia neJapan inodenha muIndia uye muPacific, neHondo yeGungwa rePhilippine, uko Japan yakatambura kurasikirwa kukuru uye yakarasikirwa zvachose nekwanisi yekuvimba nevatakuri vendege. Gare gare muna October, kurwisa kwakabatanidzwa kwemauto eAmerica neAustralia kwakatarisana neImperial Japanese Navy mukati me
Hondo yeLeyte Gulf mune yaizova hondo huru yomugungwa yeHondo Yenyika II uye zvichida hondo huru yomugungwa yenguva dzose. Kukunda kweAllied kwakazadzisa chinangwa chayo chakanga chaziviswa chokuramba kuchekazve mafuta aiendeswa kuhondo yeJapan, iyo yakanga ichitotamburira kupisa mafuta ayo akanga asara ehondo yayo yehondo. Hondo yeLeyte Gulf inozivikanwawo sehondo yokutanga umo ndege dzeJapan dzakaita kurwisa kwakarongwa kwe"kamikaze".