 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Umambo hweJapan hwakapinda mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzeChina muna 1937, zvichikonzera Hondo yeChipiri yeChina neJapan 19371945. Muna 1940, Umambo hwakapinda muFrench Indochina, pashure pokunge United States yaisa chirambidzo chepeturu kuJapan. Musi waDecember 78, 1941, mauto eJapan akavhundutsa Pearl Harbor, pamwe chete nemauto eBritain aiva muMalaya, Singapore, neHong Kong, pakati pevamwe, zvichitanga Hondo Yenyika II muPacific. Munzvimbo dzose dzakanga dzakapambwa neJapan munguva yehondo, kushungurudzwa kwakawanda kwakaitwa vagari vomunzvimbomo, vakawanda vachimanikidzwa kuva varanda vevatano. Pashure pokukunda kweVasonganiri mukati mamakore mana akatevera, uko kwakaguma nokupinda kweSoviet muManchuria nokuputirwa kwebhomba reatomu paHiroshima neNagasaki muna 1945, Japan yakabvuma kuzviisa pasi pasina chipingamupinyi. Hondo yacho yakaita kuti Japan ishandise nyika dzayo uye mamiriyoni evanhu. MaAllies aitungamirirwa neUnited States akadzorera mamiriyoni evaJapan vakanga vatamira kunyika yavo kubva mumakoroni avo ekare nemisasa yechiuto muAsia yose, achibvisa zvikuru umambo hweJapan nepesvedzero yahwo munharaunda dzahwakakunda. VaAllies vakaunganidza International Military Tribunal for the Far East kuti vapomere vatungamiriri veJapan mhosva dzehondo. 