Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin Pacific Theater, wani karfi na masu jigilar jiragen ruwa na Japan guda shida tare da haɗin gwiwar jirgin sama, "Kidō Butai", ya yi aiki a matsayin naúrar kuma ya yi yawo a hankali a farkon watanni shida na yakin. Ya yi hare-haren hallaka kan wuraren abokan gaba daga Hawaii a gabas zuwa Indiya a yamma kuma ya goyi bayan mamayewar Jafananci na Amurka Philippines, British Malaya da Burma, da Dutch East Indies. Tsakanin Mayu da Oktoba 1942, duk da haka, Japan da Amurka sun yi manyan yaƙe-yaƙe huɗu tsakanin rundunonin jiragen ruwa da ke kewaye da masu jigilar jirage. A lokacin wadannan yaƙe-yaƙe, jiragen yaƙi masu adawa ba su taɓa ganin juna ba kuma ba su harba bindigoginsu a kan sauran jiragen yaƙi ba. Jirgin sama ne kawai ya kai harin. Na farko daga cikin waɗannan yaƙe-yaƙe ya hana ƙoƙarin Japan a cikin Tekun Coral don ware Ostiraliya. Na biyu ya dakatar da fadada ikon Japan zuwa gabas a cikin Pacific zuwa Midway Island
Ka yi haƙuri. Biyu na gaba sun taimaka wajen ci gaba da kasancewar Amurka a Guadalcanal. Wadannan hare-haren guda hudu sun kasance masu tsada ga bangarorin biyu. A lokacin da aka kai wa Pearl Harbor hari, Japan tana da jimillar jiragen ruwa tara da jiragen ruwa masu sauƙi a cikin Pacific Theater. Amurka tana da hudu a cikin Pacific tare da wasu biyu nesa a cikin Atlantic. A ƙarshen Oktoba 1942, bayan yaƙin da aka yi daga raguwa da lalacewa, Japan tana da irin waɗannan masu ɗaukar hoto guda uku ne kawai a cikin Pacific Theater kuma Amurka, na tsawon makonni biyu, ba su da komai. Kodayake yana da tsada, yaƙe-yaƙe sun kasance masu amfani ga Amurkawa, suna ba da gudummawa sosai ga sauya tsarin dabarun a cikin Pacific Theater daga Japan zuwa Amurka.