Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yayin da yaƙin neman zaɓe a Kudu maso Yammacin Pacific ya ci gaba, sojojin Amurka sun ƙaddamar da hari a tsakiyar Pacific, wanda ya fara da Yakin Tarawa na Nuwamba 1943. Amurka ta gaba ta kama wuraren Japan a cikin Marshall Islands da Caroline Islands. A watan Yunin 1944, Amurka ta kaddamar da hari a kan Saipan, a cikin tsibirin Mariana, ta sami iko da tsibirin a farkon watan Yuli a farashin asarar rayuka dubu goma sha huɗu. Yayin da yakin Saipan ya ci gaba, Amurka ta sami babbar nasara a cikin yakin Philippine Sea, ta nutsar da jiragen sama na Japan guda uku. A watan Yulin 1944, Roosevelt ya gana da Nimitz da MacArthur, inda ya ba da izinin ci gaba da kamfen a kudu maso yammacin Pacific da Central Pacific. Rundunar MacArthur za ta ci gaba da ci gaba zuwa Philippines, yayin da yakin tsakiya na tsakiya zai yi aiki zuwa Japan. Amurka ta sauka
a tsibirin Leyte na Philippines a watan Oktoba na 1944, wanda ya haifar da martani na ruwan teku na Japan, yayin da tsibirin Philippine ya kasance mai mahimmanci a kan hanyar samar da man fetur na Japan daga Dutch East Indies. Rundunar sojan ruwan Japan ta lalace a sakamakon yakin Leyte Gulf, wanda wasu lokuta ake ikirarin shine "babban yakin teku a tarihi". Sojojin MacArthur sun sami iko da Leyte a watan Disamba kuma sun sake karɓar iko da Philippines a watan Maris na shekarar 1945.