Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - N'oge mwakpo ahụ a wakporo Pearl Harbor, e kenyere "Shiratsuyu" na Ngalaba 27 nke Destroyer Squadron 1 nke IJN 1st Fleet, ma nọrọ na mmiri mmiri Japan dị ka akụkụ nke nchebe nke ndị agha agha Japan. Site n'etiti ọnwa Jenụwarị afọ 1942, enyere ya aka n'ịgba ndị njem n'etiti Japan na Taiwan, ma n'etiti ọnwa Febụwarị, o so ụgbọelu ụgbọelu gaa Davao wee laghachi Hashirajima. N'ọnwa Eprel, onye agha ahụ so ndị na-ebu ụgbọelu na Mako gaa Truk, ebe ọ sonyeere Admiral Takeo Takagi's Strike Force na Agha nke Oké Osimiri Coral
N'ụbọchị asaa na asatọ nke ọnwa Mee. Na ngwụcha ọnwa Mee, ụgbọ mmiri ahụ na-eso ndị na-agagharị agagharị ma laghachi Kure, ebe e kenyere ya Admiral Shirō Takasu<unk>s, Aleutians Guard Force n'oge Agha nke Midway na 4-6 June. N'abalị iri na anọ nke ọnwa Julaị, e zighachiri ya na IJN 2nd Fleet wee laghachi Truk n'etiti ọnwa Ọgọstụ, ebe e si tinye ya n'ọrụ dị ka ụgbọ njem ọsọ ọsọ iji buru ndị agha iji weghachite Makin Atoll mgbe Makin Raid gasịrị.