<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Hondo yokuSouthwest Pacific ichiri kuenderera mberi, mauto eU.S. akatanga kurwisa pakati pePacific, achitanga neHondo yeTarawa yaNovember 1943. United States yakabva yatora nzvimbo dzeJapan muMarshall Islands neCaroline Islands. Muna June 1944, U.S. yakatanga kurwisa Saipan, muMariana Islands, ichiwana kudzora chitsuwa chacho mukuvamba kwaJuly pamutengo wevanhu vane zviuru gumi nezvina vakafa. Sezvo Hondo yeSaipan yakapfuurira, U.S. yakawana rukundo rukuru rwomugungwa muHondo yeGungwa rePhilippine, ichinyudza vatakuri vendege vatatu veJapan. Muna July 1944, Roosevelt akasangana naNimitz naMacArthur, uko akabvumira kupfuurira kwemishandirapamwe muSouthwest Pacific neCentral Pacific. Simba raMacArthur raizopfuurira mberi kwaro kuenda kuPhilippines, nepo nhimbe yeCentral Pacific yaizoshanda nzira yayo kuenda kuJapan. United States  <response>: yakasvika pachitsuwa chePhilippine cheLeyte muna October 1944, ichikonzera kupindura kwehondo yeJapan, sezvo Zvitsuwa zvePhilippine zvakachengetedza nzvimbo inokosha munzira yekuendesa mafuta eJapan kubva kuDutch East Indies. Mauto ehondo eJapane akaparadzwa muhondo yakazoitika yeLeyte Gulf, iyo dzimwe nguva inonzi ndiyo hondo yehondo huru zvikurusa munhau. Mauto aMacArthur akawana masimba eLeyte muna December uye akanga atorazve masimba ePhilippines muna March 1945. 