<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Impi yaqala eMelika ngo-December 7, 1941 ngokuhlasela kweJapane iPearl Harbor, nokuhlasela kwePhilippines neDutch East Indies. Kwalandela imikhankaso enzima ePapua naseGuadalcanal ngo-1942. Ngo - 1943, amaJapane axoshwa e - Aleutian Islands, futhi amabutho ase - U.S. afika enyakatho yeSolomon Islands  <response>: , iziQhingi zaseGilbert, neziqhingana zaseBismarck. Lokhu kwalandelwa ngo-1944 ngokuhlasela iziQhingi zaseMarshall, uchungechunge lokwehla kwamanzi entshonalanga yeNew Guinea, ukuthunjwa kweziQhingi zaseMariana kanye neMpi yasePalau. Ibutho laseMelika laphindela ePhilippines ngo-Okthoba 1944, lahlela imikhankaso emikhulu eLuzon naseningizimu yePhilippines ngo-1945. Amabutho ase-U.S. afika e-Okinawa ngo-April 1945. Amabhomu e-athomu athuthukiswa ngaphansi kokuqondisa kwe-U.S. Army alahlwa eHiroshima naseNagasaki ngo-1945, okwabangela ukuba amaJapane azinikele ngaphandle kwemibandela ngo-September 2, 1945, emkhunjini i-USS Missouri. 