 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - United States yakatanga kurwisa mabhomba kuJapan ichibva kuMariana Islands muna November 1944, asi Japan yakanga ichiri kudzora zvitsuwa zvinoverengeka zvaidzivirira chitsuwa cheJapan. Muna February 1945, U.S. yakatanga kurwisawechitsuwa chakanyatsodzivirirwa cheIwo Jima, achitora kudzora chitsuwa ichocho mwedzi wakatevera wacho. Musi waApril 1, U.S. yakasvika pachitsuwa cheOkinawa, chikuru pazvitsuwa zveRyukyu. VaJapan vakabvumira vaAmerica kumhara pachitsuwa chacho vasati varwisa zvine utsinye izvo zvaibatanidza kurwisa kwokuzviuraya kwekamikaze nendege dzeJapan. Mauto eJapane paOkinawa akaramba aripo kusvikira muna June 1945; mauto eU.S. akarasikirwa nevanopfuura 60 000 panguva yokuvhiya. 