<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Naphezu kokwakhiwa kabusha okubizayo, zombili lezi zikebhe zazithathwa njengeziphelelwe isikhathi ngobusuku bangaphambi kweMpi YasePacific, futhi azange zibone isenzo esibalulekile eminyakeni yokuqala yempi. Ngemuva kokulahleka kwezindiza eziningi ezinkulu ze-IJN ngesikhathi seMpi yaseMidway maphakathi no-1942, zakhiwa kabusha ngomkhumbi wokuhamba esikhundleni semibhoshongo yezikhali ezingemuva ukuze zinikeze amandla okusebenzisa iqembu lomoya lezindiza ezindizayo. Nokho, ukuntuleka kwezindiza nabashayeli bezindiza abaqeqeshiwe, kwakusho ukuthi babengeke bayisebenzise ngempela indiza yabo empini. Njengoba babelinde iqembu labo lomoya, ngezinye izikhathi lezi zikebhe zazihambisa amasosha nezinto zokwakha eziya ezikhungweni zaseJapane. Babambe iqhaza eMpini yaseCape Engaño ngasekupheleni kuka-1944, lapho badukisa khona imikhumbi yemikhumbi yaseMelika eyayisekela i-  <response>: ukuhlasela iLeyte kude namabhishi okufika. Ngemuva kwalokho zombili lezi zikebhe zadluliselwa eSouth-East Asia; ekuqaleni kuka-1945 babambe iqhaza ku-Operation Kita, lapho bathuthela khona uphethiloli nezinye izinto zamasu eJapane. Laba bodade babe sebethunyelwa ezindizeni ezisele kuze kube yilapho becwiliswa ngesikhathi kuhlaselwa izindiza zaseMelika ngoJulayi. Ngemva kwempi zahlakazwa ngo-1946-1947. 