Kammala wannan jumla: A cikin Pacific, sojojin Amurka sun ci gaba da matsawa yankin Japan. A tsakiyar watan Yunin 1944, sun fara kai farmaki kan tsibirin Mariana da Palau kuma sun kayar da sojojin Japan a cikin Yakin Tekun Philippine. Wadannan rashin nasarar sun haifar da murabus na Firayim Ministan Japan, Hideki Tojo, kuma sun ba Amurka sansanonin jiragen sama don kaddamar da hare-haren bam mai nauyi a kan tsibirin Japan. A karshen watan Oktoba, sojojin Amurka
sun mamaye tsibirin Philippine na Leyte; Ba da daɗewa ba, sojojin ruwa na Allied sun sami wata babbar nasara a Yaƙin Leyte Gulf, ɗaya daga cikin manyan yaƙe-yaƙe na ruwa a tarihi.