 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Muzhizha ra1943, U.S. yakatanga kurwisa Gilbert neMarshall Islandskudzorera Gilbert neMarshall Islands. Pashure pokubudirira uku, vaAmerica vakaenda kuMariana nePalau Islands muzhizha ra1944. Mushure mokukundwa kwavo paHondo yeSaipan, Imperial Japanese Navys Combined Fleet, ine zvikepe zvishanu zvinotakura ndege, yakatanga kurwisa Navys Fifth Fleet panguva yeHondo yePhilippine Sea, yaive hondo huru kwazvo inotakura ndege munhoroondo. Kurwa kwacho kwakanga kuri kworutivi rumwe chete zvokuti kwakazozivikanwa seMarianas turkey shoot; U.S. yakarasikirwa nendege 130 uye hapana ngarava apo vaJapan vakarasikirwa nendege 411 nevatakuri 3. Zvichitevera kukunda muMarianas, U.S. yakatanga kukundazve Philippines paLeyte muna October 1944. Ngarava dzeJapan dzakaronga kurwisa ngarava dzokupinda munyika, zvichiguma neHondo yeLeyte Gulf yemazuva mana, imwe yehondo huru zvikurusa dzomugungwa munhau. Basa rokutanga rokurwisa ngarava dzepasi rose rakaitwa panguva yehondo yacho, richinyudza uye richikuvadza dzimwe ngarava dzeUnited States; kurwisa uku ndiko kwaiva chombo chaishandiswa pakurwisa ngarava dzepasi pose muhondo yacho. 