 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Muenzaniso unoshamisa weizvi idzidziso yeMahanian, iyo yakashandiswa pakuronga kuzvidzivirira kweSingapore muHondo Yenyika II, apo Royal Navy yaifanira kusarudza kugoverwa kwezvikepe zvayo zvehondo uye zvikepe zvehondo pakati peAtlantic nePacific theaters. Dzidziso yaMahanian yakashandiswawo neImperial Japanese Navy, ichitungamirira kunzira yayo yokudzivisa kurwisa Pearl Harbor nengarava dzehondo dzeU.S. Pacific Fleet. Maitiro echikepe chePacific Theater of Operations, anowanzonzi Hondo yePacific, aida kuti United States Navy inonyanya kushandisa zvikepe zvayo zvehondo uye vatakuri vendege muPacific. Hondo yomuEurope yaiva hondo yevhu; nokudaro, ngarava dzeGermany dzaiva duku, uye ngarava dzokufambisa dzaishandiswa muHondo yeAtlantic dzainyanya kuva vaparadzi uye vaparadzi vaiperekedza kuti vadzivise kutyisidzira kweU-boat. 