<prompt> Qedela la mazwi alandelayo: Kusukela ngo-1931, isimo saba sibi nakakhulu. Izenzo zaseJapane ngokumelene neChina ngo-1931 futhi ikakhulukazi ngemva kuka-1937 phakathi neMpi Yesibili YamaShayina NamaJapane zabangela ukuba i - United States inqamule uwoyela nensimbi iJapane eyayidinga ukunqoba kwayo kwezempi. IJapane yaphendula ngokuhlasela ama-Allies, kuhlanganise nokuhlaselwa okungazelelwe kwePearl Harbor ngo-December 7, 1941, okwalimaza kakhulu isisekelo semikhumbi yempi yase-US ePearl Harbor, kwavula inkundla yemidlalo yasePacific yeMpi Yezwe II. I - United States yenza utshalomali olukhulu emandleni asolwandle futhi yacekela phansi ngokuhlelekile amakhono okuhlasela aseJapane ngenkathi igxumagxuma iziqhingi ngaphesheya kwePacific. Ukuze iphoqe amaJapane ukuba azinikele, amaMelika aqhumisa ngamabhomu amadolobha aseJapane, okwafinyelela umvuthwandaba wawo ngokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu e-athomu eHiroshima naseNagasaki ngo-August 1945.  <response>: IJapane yanikezela, futhi yabekwa iminyaka eyisikhombisa ngaphansi kokuqashwa kwezempi yi-United States, lapho abahlaseli baseMelika ngaphansi kukaGeneral Douglas MacArthur basusa khona isici sezempi futhi bakha kabusha izinhlelo zezomnotho nezombusazwe ukuze baphendule iJapane ibe yintando yeningi. 