 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kuchinja kwemamiriro ezvinhu kwakaitika pakuvamba kwaMay, mukati meHondo yeGungwa reCoral, iyo yakabvumikisa kuva rukundo rwokutanga rwamasimba masimba rweAllies mukurwisana nokuwedzera kweJapan. Ikoku kwakateverwa mwedzi mumwe gare gare neHondo yeMidway, umo Mauto Emasoja eU.S. akakunda ngarava dzeJapan dzakanga dzichirwisa, dzichikonzera kukuvadzwa kunoparadza pasimba rinorwisa. Hondo yeMidway inoonekwa zvikuru sehondo inokosha zvikuru yomugungwa yePacific Campaign uye yakatotsanangurwa sekurohwa kunoshamisa uye kunokosha munhau yehondo yegungwa. Zvikonzero zvinowanzopiwa nokuda kwokukunda kunoshamisa ndezvokuvimba kweJapan mumasimba avo, kuronga kwakashata uye kupindira kwezvirongwa zvehondo zveJapan neUnited States. Kurasikirwa kwakatambudzwa mukati meHondo yeMidway iyi, yakabatanidzwa nehondo yokunetesa yakanga ichiitika muSolomon Islands, yakasiya Japan isingakwanisi kuzadza mauto ayo uye yakashandura mafungu ehondo ichirwisana nayo. Pakazosvika August 1942, mauto eAllied akanga ava kurwisa, achiwana kukunda muhondo yeNew Guinea paGuadalcanal, Milne Bay neBuna-Gona. 