<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Ngemva kokugcwala iNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia ezinyangeni ezalandela iPearl Harbor, iJapane yafuna ukwandisa ngokwengeziwe indawo yayo, yathatha iziQhingi ZaseSolomon nezingxenye zeNew Guinea. Ngo-May 1942, amabutho aseMelika nawase-Australia anqoba amaJapane eMpini yoLwandle iCoral, okwabangela ukuba amaJapane  <response>: umkhankaso wasemhlabeni esiqhingini saseNew Guinea. Ifuna ukulawula isiqhingi esisesimweni esihle futhi ichithe imikhumbi yase - U.S. ePacific, iJapane yahlasela ne - Midway Atoll eyayiphethwe yiMelika. Ngosizo lwephrojekthi ye-Magic cryptanalysis, u-Admiral Chester Nimitz wahola ibutho laseMelika elahlula imikhumbi yempi yaseJapane eMpini yaseMidway. Impi yaseMidway yabangela ukulahleka kwemikhumbi yezindiza ezine ezibalulekile, futhi le mpi yaphawula ukuguqulwa okukhulu kwenhlanhla eMpini YasePacific. Ngo-Agasti 1942, i-United States yahlasela isiqhingi saseGuadalcanal esiseNingizimu Pacific esiphethwe yiJapane eSolomon Islands; amabutho aseJapane nawaseMelika aphikisana nokulawula iGuadalcanal kwaze kwaba ngoFebhuwari 1943. Ngemva kweMpi YaseGuadalcanal, i - U.S. yamukela isu lokugxumela eziqhingini ukuze igweme amabutho aseJapane ayegxilile. Ngasekuqaleni kuka-1944, amabutho ahlangene ayeselawule ingxenye enkulu yeNew Guinea futhi ayesefike esiqhingini esingumakhelwane saseNew Britain. 