Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - 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 Leyte na Philippines
Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, sojojin ruwa na Allied sun sami wata babbar nasara a yakin Leyte Gulf, daya daga cikin manyan fadace-fadacen ruwa a tarihi.