 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - U.S. Navy yakaita denho dzayo dzokutanga kuzvitsuwa zvomusha zveJapan pakati paFebruary 1945. Iri basa rakatangwa zvikurukuru kuparadza ndege dzeJapan dzaigona kurwisa mauto eU.S. Navy neMarine Corps aibatanidzwa nokumhara paIwo JimaMusangano uyu wakaitwa neTask Force 58 TF 58 musi wa19 February. Iri boka rebasa raiva simba guru rokurova reU.S. Navy muPacific, uye raiumbwa nevatakuri vemapoka gumi nerimwe, vatakuri vemapurisa mashanu vakareruka uye simba rakasimba rekufambisa. TF 58 yakasvika kuJapan isingazivikanwe, uye yakarwisa nhandare dzendege nemafekitori enhandare munharaunda yeTokyo musi wa16 na17 Kukadzi. Vafambisi vengarava veAmerica vakati vakauraya ndege dzeJapan 341 uye vakaparadza dzimwe 160 pasi, nokuti ndege 60 dzakarasika muhondo uye 28 dzainge dzaparara. Ngarava dzinoverengeka dzakarwiswawo ndokunyudzwa muTokyo Bay. Zvisinei, kurasikirwa chaiko kwendege dzeJapan mukuita uku hakuna kujeka; Imperial General Headquarters yakabvuma kurasikirwa nendege 78 mukurwa kwehondo uye haina kupa huwandu hweavo vakaparadzwa pasi. Ngarava dzeTF 58 hadzina kurwiswa munguva iyi mumvura dzeJapan, uye musi wa18 Kukadzi vakaenda kumaodzanyemba kunopa rutsigiro rwakananga kune vanomhara paIwo Jima. Task Force yakaedza kurwisa kwechipiri munzvimbo yeTokyo musi wa25 Kukadzi, asi chirongwa ichi chakakanganiswa nemamiriro ekunze akashata. Ngarava dzeAmerica dzakaenda kumaodzanyemba, ndokurwisa Okinawa kubva musi wa1 Kurume. 