Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muzhizha ra1943, U.S. yakatanga nhimbe yeGilbert neMarshall Islands kuti itorezve Gilbert neMarshall Islands. Pashure pokubudirira uku, vaAmerica vakaenda kuMariana nePalau Islands muzhizha ra1944. Mushure mokukundwa kwavo paHondo yeSaipan, Imperial Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, ine zvikepe zvishanu zvinotakura ndege, yakatanga kurwisa Navy's Fifth Fleet panguva yeHondo yePhilippine Sea, yaive hondo huru kwazvo inotakura ndege munhoroondo. Kurwa kwacho kwakanga kuri kworutivi rumwe chete zvokuti kwakazozivikanwa se"Marianas turkey shoot"; U.S. yakarasikirwa nendege 130 uye hapana ngarava apo vaJapan vakarasikirwa nendege 411 nevatakuri 3. Pashure pokukunda muMariana Islands, U.S. yakatanga kukundazve Philippines paLeyte
muna October 1944. Ngarava dzeJapan dzakaronga kurwisa ngarava dzokupinda munyika, zvichiguma neHondo yeLeyte Gulf yemazuva mana, imwe yehondo huru zvikurusa dzomugungwa munhau. Basa rokutanga rokurwisa ngarava dzepasi rose rakaitwa panguva yehondo yacho, richinyudza uye richikuvadza dzimwe ngarava dzeUnited States; kurwisa uku ndiko kwaiva chombo chaishandiswa pakurwisa ngarava dzepasi pose muhondo yacho.