 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - 2nd Tank Division yakaumbwazve muJapan seyuniti yekudzidzira mushure medambudziko muPhilippines. MunaFebruary 1945, 11th Armored Regiment yayo yakatamiswa kudzorwa neJapan Fifth Area Army uye yakabatanidzwa ne91st Infantry Division. Yakanga yakamira kuchamhembe kweKuril Islands, kwayakanga iri muhondo inopesana neSoviet Red Army paParamushir panguva yeInvasion yeKuril Islandspakapera Hondo Yenyika II. Yakadzingwa basa zviri pamutemo munaGunyana 1945 pamwe chete neuto rose reJapan. Zvakare, chikwata chekuongorora chakatamisirwa kuOkinawa uko chakashandurwa kuita 27th armoured regiment yakasungirirwa ku24th Division, uye pakupedzisira anti-aircraft kambani yakaendeswa ku20th Army. 