 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo yemuchadenga yeuto reUnited States yakarwiswa neJapan yakatanga nomwoyo wose pakati pa1944 uye yakasimbiswa mukati memwedzi yokupedzisira yehondo. Nepo gadziriro dzokurwisa Japan dzakanga dzagadzirirwa Hondo yePacific isati yatanga, idzi dzakanga dzisingagoni kuvamba kutozosvikira bhomba reB-29 Superfortress rakanga rakagadzirira kurwa. Kubvira muna June 1944 kusvika muna January 1945, ndege dzeB-29 dzaiva muIndia dzaipfuura nomuzvivako muChina kuti dziite nhevedzano yezvikwata zvipfumbamwe pazvinangwa zvaiva kumadokero kweJapan, asi kuedza uku hakuna kubudirira. Mushandirapamwe wokurwisa mabhomba wakawedzerwa zvikuru kubva munaNovember 1944 apo nzvimbo dzezvitsuwa muMariana Islands dzakawanikwa somugumisiro weMariana Islands Campaign. Kurwisa uku kwakatanga kuedza kunanga zvivako zvemaindasitiri vachishandisa mabhomba echokwadi ari pamusoro-soro, ayo akanga asingabatsiriwo. Kubvira muna February 1945, mabhomba akachinja kuita mabhomba emoto usiku achirwisa nzvimbo dzomumaguta sezvo zvakawanda zvaigadzirwa zvaiitwa mumashopu maduku uye mudzimba dzevanhu: nzira iyi yakaguma nekukuvadza kukuru kwemaguta. Ndege dzaibhururuka dzichibva kunotakura ndege dzeAllied neRyukyu Islands dzairovawo kazhinji kazhinji vavariro muJapan mukati ma 1945 mukugadzirira kupindirwa kwakarongwa kweJapan kwakarongwa nokuda kwaOctober 1945. Mukati mokuvamba kwaAugust 1945, maguta eHiroshima neNagasaki akarohwa ndokuparadzwa zvikurukuru namabhomba eatomu. 