Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakutanga kwaMay 1942, Japan yakatanga kushanda kuti itore Port Moresby nokurwisa kwezvikepe zvomugungwa nezvemvura uye nokudaro ikagura nzira dzokufambidzana nadzo uye dzokutengesa pakati peUnited States neAustralia. Kupinda kwakarongwa kwakavhiringidzwa apo boka revashandi veAllied, rakanga rakatarira mungarava mbiri dzengarava dzeAmerica, rakarwa nemauto ehondo yeJapan kusvikira arova muhondo yeCoral Sea
. Hurongwa hweJapan hwakatevera, hwakakurudzirwa neDoolittle Raid yapfuura, hwaive hwekutora Midway Atoll uye kukwezva vatakuri veAmerica muhondo kuti vabviswe; sekutsausa, Japan yaizotumirawo mauto kuti atore Aleutian Islands muAlaska. Pakati paMay, Japan yakatanga mushandirapamwe weZhejiang-Jiangxi muChina, nechinangwa chekutsiva maChinese avo vakabatsira vatyairi veAmerica vakapona muDoolittle Raid nekuparadza maChinese air bases uye kurwa neChinese 23rd ne32nd Army Groups. Mukutanga kwaJune, Japan yakaita mabasa ayo, asi vaAmerica, vakanga vaputsa mitemo yezvikepe zveJapan mukupera kwaMay, vaiziva zvakakwana zvirongwa uye marongero ehondo, uye vakashandisa ruzivo urwu kuti vawane kukunda kwakasimba paMidway pamusoro peImperial Japanese Navy.