<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mauto Omugungwa oUmambo hweJapan muHondo yeNyika II, pakuvamba kweHondo yePacific muna December 1941, akanga ari uto rehondo rechitatu rine simba zvikurusa munyika, uye basa rengarava dzomumhepo raiva rimwe ramauto emhepo ane simba zvikurusa 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. Nhamba  <response>: nhimbe muSolomon Islands, umo maJapan akarasikirwa nehondo yokunetesa, ndiyo yakanga ichisarudza zvikurusa; vakanga vakundikana kuita mauto akakwana munguva yakakwana. 