 Vamwe vanotevera munyori wenhau dzakaitika weBritain A. J. P. Taylor, uyo akataura kuti Hondo yeChina neJapan nehondo muEurope nemakoroni ayo zvakaitika panguva imwe chete, uye hondo mbiri idzi dzakabatana muna 1941. Nyaya ino inoshandisa nzira dzenguva dzose dzokuverenga nadzo. Mamwe mazuva okutanga anoshandiswa dzimwe nguva nokuda kweHondo Yenyika II anosanganisira kupamba kweItaly Abyssiniamusi wa3 October 1935. Wezvenhau weBritain Antony Beevor anoona kutanga kweHondo Yenyika II seHondo dzeKhalkhin Gol dzakarwiwa pakati peJapan nemauto eMongolia neSoviet Union kubva muna May kusvika muna September 1939. Vamwe vanorangarira Hondo yavagari vemo yeSpain sokutanga kana kuti kutanga kweHondo yeNyika II. 