<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ukuze kuhlukaniswe amabutho ase-US ayezinze ePhilippines futhi kuncishiswe amandla asolwandle ase-US, i-Imperial General Headquarters yayala ukuba kuhlasele isisekelo semikhumbi yempi yase-US ePearl Harbor, eHawaii, ngo-December 7, 1941. Aphinde ahlasela iMalaya neHong Kong. Ekuqaleni, amabutho aseJapane ayethole uchungechunge lokunqoba, kodwa ngo-1943 ayesebuyiselwe emuva eziqhingini zawo. Impi YasePacific yaqhubeka kwaze kwaba yilapho amabhomu e-athomu eqhuma eHiroshima naseNagasaki ngo-1945. AmaSoviet amemezela impi ngokusemthethweni ngo - August 1945 futhi  <response>: amabutho aseJapane eManchuria nasenyakatho-mpumalanga yeChina. 