<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Wajoyina i-BPF eSydney manje enamathele e-United States 3rd Fleet futhi ngoJulayi 31 wahamba nomkhumbi wempi waya eGuam, kanye ne- Wager, lapho bafika khona ngo-Agasti 9. U-Admiral Bruce Fraser, uMkhuzi Omkhulu we-BPF, wanikezwa u-U.S. Admiral Chester Nimitz, uMkhuzi Omkhulu Wendlunkulu Yezindiza ZasePacific. Le mikhumbi yabe isiya ukuyohlangana nomzimba omkhulu wemikhumbi ogwini lwaseJapane ngomhla ka-16. I- Whelp yaba umkhumbi wokuqala we-Allied ukungena eSagami Bay ngo-Agasti 27, ehola indlela ye- Duke of York kanye nemikhumbi yempi yaseMelika kanye ne-. Wayekhona eTokyo ngenkathi  <response>: ukuzinikela ngokomthetho kwamaJapane ngoSeptemba 2. Washiya eTokyo ngomhlaka 9 Septhemba futhi, ngemuva kokuma ubusuku bonke e-Okinawa ngomhlaka 1112 Septhemba, wafika eHong Kong no-Admiral Fraser ebhodini. Wamukela ukuzinikela kwamabutho aseJapane eHong Kong ngo-16 Septhemba. 