<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: IMpi Yezwe II, lapho kuqala iMpi YasePacific ngo-December 1941, yayibuswa iMpi Yezwe YaseJapane, eyayingeyesithathu emandleni kunawo wonke emhlabeni, futhi ibutho lasolwandle lasolwandle lalingelinye lamabutho asemoyeni anamandla kakhulu emhlabeni. Phakathi nezinyanga eziyisithupha zokuqala zempi, i-Imperial Japanese Navy yajabulela impumelelo emangalisayo ekubangeleni ukunqotshwa okukhulu kwamabutho ama - Allied, inganqotshwa empini ngayinye. Ukuhlaselwa kwePearl Harbor kwalimaza imikhumbi yempi ye - US Pacific Fleet, kuyilapho imikhumbi yempi yamaZwe Ahlangene yacekeleka phansi ngesikhathi iJapane inqoba iNingizimu - mpumalanga ye - Asia. Izindiza zasolwandle zaseJapane nazo zazibhekene nokushona kwe-HMS Prince of Wales ne-HMS Repulse okwakuyisikhathi sokuqala ukuthi imikhumbi emikhulu icwile ngokuhlaselwa emoyeni ngenkathi isendleleni. Ngo-April 1942, ukuhlasela kwe-Indian Ocean kwaxosha iRoyal Navy eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia. Ngemva kwalokhu kuphumelela, amaJapane manje agxila ekuqedeni nasekunciphiseni amaphuzu ayisihluthulelo lapho ama-Allies ayengakwazi khona ukuhlasela amaJapane. Nokho, oLwandle iCoral amaJapane aphoqeleka ukuba ayeke imizamo yawo yokuhlukanisa i - Australia kuyilapho ukunqotshwa eMidway kwawabona ephoqeleka ukuba azivikele. Umkhandlu  <response>: umkhankaso waseSolomon Islands, lapho amaJapane alahlekelwa khona yimpi yokuqothulwa, kwakuyisinqumo esinqunyiwe kakhulu; ayehlulekile ukuthumela amabutho anele ngesikhathi esanele. 