<prompt> Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mauto Emuchadenga eJapan muHondo Yenyika II, pakutanga kweHondo yePacific muna December 1941, aiva wechitatu ane simba kupfuura mamwe ose munyika, uye uto rezvikepe raiva rimwe remasimba makuru kupfuura mamwe ose munyika. Mukati memwedzi mitanhatu yokutanga yehondo, Mauto Emuchadenga eJapane akafarikanya budiriro inoshamisa achikuvadza zvakakomba masimba eAllied, achiramba asina kukundwa muhondo dzose. Kurwiswa kwePearl Harbor kwakakuvadza ngarava dzehondo dzeUS Pacific Fleet, nepo mauto ehondo eAllied akaparadzwa mukati mokukunda kweJapan Southeast Asia. Ndege dzehondo dzeJapan dzaivawo nemhosva yekunyura kweHMS Prince of Wales uye HMS Repulse iyo yaiva nguva yokutanga kuti ngarava huru dzakanyudzwa nekurwiswa nemhepo dzichifamba. Muna April 1942, kudenha kweIndian Ocean kwakadzinga Royal Navy kubva kuSoutheast Asia. Pashure pokubudirira uku, vaJapan zvino vakaisa ngwariro pakubvisa nokudzivisa nzvimbo dzakakosha uko vaAllies vaigona kutanga hondo dzinorwisa kukunda kweJapan. Zvisinei, paGungwa reCoral vaJapan vakamanikidzwa kurega kuedza kwavo kuparadzanisa Australia nepo kukundwa paMidway kwakavaona vachimanikidzwa kuzvidzivirira. Mushandirapamwe muSolomon Islands  <response>: Hondo yechipiri, iyo maJapan akarasikirwa nehondo yekupera simba, ndiyo yakanga yakanyanya kusarudza; vakanga vakundikana kuita mauto akakwana munguva yakakwana. 