<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: IMpi YaseCoral Sea yaseNew Guinea ngo-May 1942 kwakuwumzabalazo wokuqala wasolwandle lapho kwachithwa khona ukuhlasela kwe-IJN. EMpini yaseMidway ngoJune, kwavinjelwa okunye ukuhlasela kwamaJapane okwakuhleliwe. I-IJN yalahlekelwa abathwali bemikhumbi abane eMidway, okwaholela ekutheni i-IJN ingalokothi iphinde yenze isinyathelo esikhulu esiphumelelayo. Umkhankaso we-IJN weziQhingi zase-Aleutian, nawo ngoJuni, waphumelela ngokwamaqhinga kodwa waba nemiphumela emincane. NgoJulayi, i-IJA yaqala umkhankaso wayo  <response>: I-Kokoda Trail ukuthatha iPort Moresby, kodwa ekuhlulweni kwayo kokuqala okukhulu empini, amabutho aseJapane amiswa futhi abuyiselwa emuva ngoSepthemba ngamabutho ase-Australia. Impi yaseMilne Bay ngo-Agasti kwakuyisikhathi sokuqala lapho amabutho ama-Allied amelana ngempumelelo nokuhlaselwa kwe-amphibious yaseJapane, ephoqa amabutho aseJapane ayesehlelile ukuthi ahoxe. Impi yaseGuadalcanal yathatha isikhathi kusuka ngo-Agasti 1942 kuya kuFebhuwari 1943 futhi kwaba ukuhlasela kokuqala okuphumelelayo kwama-Allied okubalulekile ePacific. Amabutho ahlangene athatha iBuna neGona ogwini olusenyakatho yeNew Guinea phakathi kukaNovemba 1944 noJanuwari 1945. Ngakho, kungakapheli nonyaka kuhlaselwe iPearl Harbor, iJapane yayisinikezwe amaZwe Ahlangene igunya lokulawula. Lolu shintsho lwafezwa kakhulu ngamaqhinga amabutho asolwandle ama - Allied ngokumelene nebutho lasolwandle laseJapane elaliphakeme ngaphambi kokuba uhlelo olukhulu lokwakha imikhumbi lwaseMelika luqale ukusebenza. 