Buuxi weedha soo socota: Waxay ku soo biirtay BPF ee Sydney (hadda ku lifaaqan Maraykanka 3aad Fleet) iyo 31 July waxay raacday markabka dagaalka Guam, oo ay weheliso "Wager", halkaas oo ay gaareen 9 August. Admiral Bruce Fraser, oo ah Taliyaha Guud ee BPF, ayaa la wareegay Admiral Chester Nimitz, oo ah Taliyaha Guud ee Madaxtooyada Ciidanka Badda Baasifigga. Markabka ayaa ka dib la kulmay ciidanka ugu badan ee Japan 16-kii. "Whelp" waxay ahayd markabkii ugu horreeyay ee Allied-ka ee soo gala Sagami Bay 27kii Ogosto, isagoo hormuud u ah "Duke of York" iyo maraakiibta dagaalka ee Mareykanka iyo. Waxay ku sugneyd Tokyo
Japan waxay si rasmi ah isu dhiibeen 2 Sebtember. Waxay ka tagtay Tokyo 9kii Sebtember, kadibna waxay joogsatay habeenkii Okinawa 11/12 Sebtember, waxay timid Hong Kong iyadoo la socota Admiral Fraser. Wuxuu aqbalay in ciidamada Japan ay isku dhiibaan Hong Kong 16kii Sebtember.