Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Uchiziva nezvokukwanisa kukuru kweAmerica kuita zveindasitiri munguva yehondo, asi uchitarisira kuti kubudirira kweAxis muEurope kwaizogumira zvaigona kuitwa neAllies muPacific, Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) yakatevera zano rayo rakaremekedzwa kwenguva refu rokukunda muhondo inokosha pakutanga kwehondo pfupi, pashure pacho yaigona kudzora mamiriro orugare. Musi waDecember 7, 1941, Japan noushingi yakatanga nhevedzano yokurwiswa kwepasi negungwa kunenge panguva imwe cheteyo. Chimwe chazvo chakaremadza kwenguva pfupi uto rehondo reAmerica nokuparadza ngarava dzaro dzehondo paPearl Harbor. Mumwedzi mina yakatevera, uto rehondo reJapan nemasoja aro ehondo vakadzinga vaAmerica muPhilippines ndokubvisa zvigaro zvaigona kuva nevaAmerica kudzokera kuPhilippines nokupinda muWake Island neGuam. Kurwisana neBritain, Japan yakanyudza ngarava dzehondo dzinokosha, yakapinda munyika dzokuMalaya
uye Borneo, vakamanikidzira kuzviisa pasi kweSingapore, uye vakaparadza nzvimbo yeBritain muCeylon. Zvinhu zveDutch muEast Indies zvakakurirwawo, zvichipa Japan mikana yokuwana mafuta akawanda. Australia yakadzingwa muNew Britain uye muzvikamu zveNew Guinea. Japan yakabva yaumba nharaunda yokudzivirira yakapoteredza umambo hwayo hwakanga hwawedzera nokuvaka nhare munzvimbo dzakawanda dzakanga dzichangobva kukundwa.