 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Vakadzvinyirirwa asi vakasunungurwa pakutya kupindira kweSoviet nokupinda kweGermanyuye nokupindira kweBritain nokuzvipira kwayo kwezvikepe zvehondo kuHondo yeAtlantic, Japan inoratidzwa mukurwisa kwayo Pearl Harbor vaAmerica vasati vapedza ngarava dzayo dzezvikepe dzegungwa mbiri dzakarongwa. Dikanwo yokudzora minda yamafuta yeDutch East Indies inosiyiwa. Firimu racho rinobvuma kuti kukundwa kwakatevedzana muMalaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, uye Corregidor kwakasiya vaChina vakaparadzaniswa nevavengi vavo vatsva, kunyanya pashure pokurasikirwa neBurma Road. 