 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Japan, iyo yaida kutonga Asia nePacific, yakanga iri muhondo neRepublic of China pakazosvika 1937. Muna Zvita 1941, Japan yakarwisa matunhu eAmerica neBritain nekurwisa kwakapotsa kwakaitika panguva imwe chete kuSoutheast Asia neCentral Pacific, kusanganisira kurwisa ngarava dzeUS paPearl Harbor iyo yakamanikidza US kuzivisa hondo kuJapan; masimba eAxis eEurope akazivisa hondo kuUS mukubatana. Japan yakakurumidza kutora rutivi rukuru rwokumadokero kwePacific, asi kufambira mberi kwayo kwakamiswa muna 1942 pashure pokurasikirwa neHondo inokosha yeMidway; gare gare, Germany neItaly zvakakundwa muNorth Africa uye paStalingrad muSoviet Union. Kukundikana kukuru muna 1943kusanganisira nhevedzano yekukundwa kweGerman kuEastern Front, kupindirwa kweAllied kweSicily uye nyika yeItaly, uye kurwisa kweAllied muPacific kwakabhadhara Axis simba ravo uye vakamanikidza kuti vadzokere munzira dzese. Muna 1944, maAllies okuMadokero akapinda muFrance yakanga ichigarwa neGermany, nepo Soviet Union yakadzorera nzvimbo dzayo dzakaraswa ndokuchinjira kuGermany nehama dzayo. Mukati ma1944 na1945, Japan yakatambura kuderera muAsia huru, nepo vaAllies vakaremadza Mauto Emasoja eJapan ndokutora zvitsuwa zvinokosha zvokumadokero kwePacific. 