Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Munguva yeHondo yePacific, mwero wekupera kwevanoparadza veJapan wakanga wakakwirira zvikuru nemhaka yehondo inorema, yakareba uye kudikanwa kwekuvashandisa kutakura zvinhu kune varwi veJapan vakapararira. Pakuvamba muhondo, "Yukikaze" yakabatanidzwa mukupinda kwePhilippines neDutch East Indies. Akapinda muhondo dzeMidway, Santa Cruz,
Leyte Gulf, uye Gungwa rePhilippine, pamwe chete nokufamba kwenguva kwenguva kwehondo dzeGuadalcanal uye hondo dzomugungwa dzakapoteredza chitsuwa ichocho. "Yukikaze" yakapukunyukawo Operation Ten-Go, mukati mayo ngarava yehondo yakanyudzwa. Pakati pezviitiko izvi zvikuru, "Yukikaze" yakabatanidzwa mubasa rekuperekedza ngarava dzaifamba, kunyanya mukudzokorora kwekutakura ndege iyo iyo inotakura ndege yakanga ichangobva kupedzerwa torpedoed neU.S. Navy submarine uye yakanyura. Akapedza mwedzi yokupedzisira yehondo achiita basa rokudzivirira pazviteshi zvengarava zveJapan uye akapona pakurwiswa nendege zhinji dzeAllied.