Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Munguva yeHondo yePacific (Hondo Yenyika II) Zvitsuwa zveEllice zvakashandiswa senzvimbo yekugadzirira kurwiswa kwakazotevera kwegungwa paGilbert Islands (Kiribati) iyo yaigara mauto eJapan
. United States Marine Corps yakasvika paFunafuti pana 2 October 1942 uye paNanumea neNukufetau muna August 1943. VaJapan vakanga vatotora Tarawa nezvimwe zvitsuwa zviri muKiribati yazvino, asi vakadzoserwa shure nokurasikirwa kwavo muHondo yeGungwa reCoral.