<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, eGilbert Islands, naseBismarck Archipelago. Lokhu kwalandelwa ngo-1944 ngokuhlasela iziQhingi zaseMarshall, uchungechunge lokwehla kwamanzi entshonalanga yeNew Guinea, ukuthunjwa kweziQhingi zaseMariana kanye neMpi yasePalau. Ibutho Lase-U.S. laphindela ePhilippines  <response>: ngo-Okthoba 1944, benza imikhankaso emikhulu eLuzon naseningizimu yePhilippines kwaze kwaba 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. 