<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ekuqaleni kuka - May 1942, iJapane yaqala ukusebenza ukuze ithathe iPort Moresby ngokuhlasela kwamanzi futhi ngaleyo ndlela iphule ukuxhumana nemigwaqo yokuthumela izinto phakathi kwe - United States ne - Australia. Lokhu kuhlasela okwakuhleliwe kwaphazamiseka lapho amabutho ahlangene, agxile emikhunjini emibili yemikhumbi yaseMelika, elwa namabutho asolwandle aseJapane futhi ephumelela empini yaseCoral Sea. Icebo elilandelayo laseJapane, elaliqhutshwa yiDoolittle Raid yangaphambilini, kwakuwukuthatha iMidway Atoll nokuyenga abathwali bezindiza baseMelika empini ukuze baqedwe; njengokuphazamisa, iJapane nayo yayizothumela amabutho ukuba athathe iziQhingi zase-Aleutian e-Alaska. Maphakathi noMeyi, iJapane yaqala umkhankaso weZhejiang-Jiangxi eChina, ngenhloso yokuziphindiselela kumaShayina asiza abashayeli bezindiza baseMelika abasindile eDoolittle Raid ngokubhubhisa izisekelo zezindiza zaseChina nokulwa namaqembu amaShayina angama-23 no-32. Ekuqaleni kukaJune, iJapane yaqala ukusebenza, kodwa amaMelika, ayephule amakhodi asolwandle aseJapane ngasekupheleni kukaMeyi, ayezazi kahle izinhlelo nokuhleleka kwempi, futhi asebenzisa lolu lwazi ukuze anqobe ngokunqoba eMidway  <response>: phezu koMbutho Wezempi WaseJapane. 