Kammala wannan jumlar: Philippines, Burma, da Dutch East Indies sune manyan yankuna na ƙarshe da Jafananci suka mamaye a Yaƙin Duniya na II, duk an kama su a farkon 1942. Yayin da Corregidor ya mika wuya, yakin Tekun Coral yana ci gaba, yana mayar da ƙoƙarin Japan don kama Port Moresby, New Guinea ta teku. Ta hanyar mika wuya a ranar 9 ga Yuni,
Yaƙin Midway ya ƙare, ya raunana ƙarfin jirgin ruwan Japan tare da asarar manyan jiragen sama guda huɗu da ɗaruruwan ƙwararrun matukan jirgi. Duk waɗannan nasarorin biyu sun kasance masu tsada ga Sojojin Ruwa na Amurka, tare da asarar jiragen sama guda biyu, amma Amurka za ta iya maye gurbin jiragensu da horar da ƙarin matukan jirgi, kuma Japan, a mafi yawan bangarorin, ba za ta iya yin hakan yadda ya kamata ba.