 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo yePacific payakangotanga, Mauto oUmambo hweJapan akakurumidza kutora nzvimbo dzakawanda dzinokosha. Idzi dzaibatanidza British Malaya, Guam, Philippines neWake Island. Mubatanidzwa wehutongi hwechikepe cheJapan uye dzidziso yeAllied yeEurope kutanga yakareva kuti vakaona kupikiswa kushoma panguva ino yehondo - 85 yezvinhu zveAmerica, uye 68 yevashandi veHondo vakaenda kuEuropean Theater. Kudzora kweJapan chikamu chikuru cheOceania neAsia kwakavapa danho rakasimba, sezvo vakakwanisa kuwana zviwanikwa zvakawanda zvinokosha, kusanganisira rabha, tini, bauxite uye mafuta Japan yakanga isina zviwanikwa zvemumba zvemafuta, asi muna 1942 maDutch East Indies aiva mugadziri wechina pakukura wepasi rose wemafuta. 