Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin rani na 1943, Amurka ta fara yakin Gilbert da Marshall Islands don dawo da Gilbert da Marshall Islands. Bayan wannan nasarar, Amurkawa sun ci gaba zuwa tsibirin Mariana da Palau a lokacin rani na 1944. Bayan kayarsu a yakin Saipan, Sojojin Ruwa na Sojojin Ruwa na Imperial Japan, tare da masu jigilar jiragen sama 5, sun kai hari ga Sojojin Ruwa na Biyar na Navy a lokacin Yakin Tekun Philippine, wanda shine mafi girman yakin jirgin sama a tarihi. Yaƙin ya kasance mai gefe ɗaya wanda ya zama sananne da "Marianas turkey shoot"; Amurka ta yi asarar jiragen sama 130 kuma babu jirgi yayin da Jafananci suka yi asarar jiragen sama 411 da masu jigilar jirage 3. Bayan nasara a Marianas, Amurka ta fara dawo da Philippines a Leyte
a watan Oktoba 1944. Jirgin ruwan Jafananci ya tashi don kai hari ga rundunar sojojin mamayewa, wanda ya haifar da yaƙin kwana huɗu na Leyte Gulf, ɗayan manyan yaƙe-yaƙe na ruwa a tarihi. An fara aikin kamikaze na farko a lokacin yakin, yana nutsewa da lalata wasu jiragen ruwa na Amurka; wadannan hare-haren sun kasance mafi ingancin makamin yaki na yaki.