<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: EPacific, ama-Allies ahlukanisa ukulawula ukusebenza kwamabutho awo phakathi kwemiyalo emibili ephakeme, eyaziwa ngokuthi yiPacific Ocean Areas neSouthwest Pacific Area. Ngo-1945, isikhathi esifushane ngaphambi nje kokuba amaJapane azinikele, iSoviet Union neMongolia  <response>: amabutho aseJapane eManchuria nasenyakatho-mpumalanga yeChina. 