 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo yechipiri yeChina neJapan pakati peHumambo hweJapan neRepublic of China yakanga yave ichienderera mberi kubva musi wa7 Chikunguru 1937, nekurwisana kwakatanga musi wa19 Gunyana 1931 nekupinda kweJapan muManchuria. Zvisinei, zvinogamuchirwa zvikuru kuti Hondo yePacific pachayo yakatanga musi wa7 December 8 December nguva yeJapan 1941, apo maJapan akapinda muThailand ndokurwisa nyika dzeBritain dzeMalaya, Singapore, neHong Kongpamwe chete nenzvimbo dzehondo dzeUnited States nedzomumvura muHawaii, Wake Island, Guam, uye Philippines. 