 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Parwendo rwokudzoka rweKidō Butai kubva kuPearl Harbor, vatakuri veIJN Soryu uye Hiryu uye chidzitiro chavo chekutsigira chakaparadzana neboka guru ndokuenda kuWake Island kunotsigira kupindirwa kweJapan ikoko. Kubva ipapo, vakaenda kuAmbon Island muDutch East Indies ndokuribhomba sorutivi rwechiito cheJapan chokuparadzanisa Java yakapfuma mune zvokunyama. Dzimwe ngarava ina dzengarava dzakadzokera kuInland Sea yeJapan. Kubva ipapo, vakaenda kumaodzanyemba kunotsigira kupindirwa kweNew Britain, zvichiita kuti kugadziriswe nzvimbo ine simba yehondo yeJapan paRaboul. Soryu uye Hiryu, pamwe chete nevatakuri vechiedza Zuiho uye Ryujo, vakatsigira kupinda kweJava yakapfuma nezvinhu. USS Langley, ngarava inotakura ndege yokutanga yeAmerica asi yakazoshanda senhandare yendege, yakanga ichiendesa ndege kuJava mukati menguva iyi. Muna February, yakanyudzwa nezvimbambaira zveJapan zvine ndege dzeAllied 32 dzaidiwa zvikuru dziri mungarava. Darwin, hwaro bedzi hweAustralia uhwo Java yaigona kutsigirwa nahwo, hwakaputirwa mabhomba kudzivisa kupindira mukupinda kweJapan muJava. Ndege dzinokwana 188 dzakatangwa nevatakuri kubva ku Akaga, Kaga, Hiryu, uye Soryu, pamwe chete nendege 54 dzomunyika kubva kuKendari neAmbon Island ichangobva kukunda, yakanyudza ngarava sere, yakakuvadza zvikuru dzimwe pfumbamwe, uye yakaparadza ndege dzeAllied 18 nenhandare yendege pamutengo kuJapan wendege mbiri chete dzakarasika. Pakupera kwaMarch vaine kudzora kwakazara kwemhepo, mauto ehondo eJapan akakunda mauto ehondo eAllied pedyo neJava nokudaro achibvumira nhamba huru yemauto eJapan kuti iende uye pakupedzisira kuchengetedza minda yemafuta kuti ishandiswe neHumambo. The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere yakafungidzirwa navagadziri veJapan zvino yakanga yavambwa. Matanho akatevera akanga ari okuvaka nharaunda yakasimba yechiuto yokudzivirira nayo kukunda uku kunokosha. 