 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zvisinei, mauto anorwa pasi akatanga kuenda kuSaipan - - inorangarirwa navamwe sechinhu chinokosha kuzvidziviriro zvomukati zveJapan. Kurwiswa kwechitsuwa ichochomusi wa15 June kwakaguma nokuedza kweJapan Navy maAmerica kwenguva yokutanga kubvira paHondo yeMidway, makore maviri akanga apfuura. Muhondo yakazotevera yeGungwa rePhilippine, musi wa19 na20 Chikumi 1944, muvengi akatambura zvakanyanya, achirasikirwa nevatakuri vatatu. Muhondo yemazuva maviri, Mauto Emuchadenga eJapan akarasikirwa neanenge 92 muzana yendege dzayo dzinotakura ndege 395 ndege zvichipesana nendege zana nemakumi matatu dzakarasikirwa neTF 58, iyo inokurumidza inotakura ndege pasi peVice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher. 