Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - N'abalị nke 7/8 December 1941, otu awa tupu mwakpo ya na Pearl Harbor, Alaeze Ukwu nke Japan malitere mwakpo nke Malaya
Ọ dị mma. Mgbe awa anọ gasịrị ka e busosịrị Pearl Harbor, Agha Hong Kong malitere. Ọ bụ ezie na nzaghachi ndị Briten nyere ozugbo bụ inye iwu ka e bugharịa ọtụtụ ndị agha ha gaa n'Ebe Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Ụwa, ọ dịghị nke ọ bụla n'ime ndị agha ha nọ n'Etiti Ebe Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Ụwa a kpọpụrụ n'oge ahụ. Ebe ọ bụ na ụgbọ nke nwere 18th Infantry Division erutela Cape of Good Hope mgbe Japan banyere agha ahụ, a kpaliri ya na Far East na 9 Disemba. Kama iwusi Operation Crusader ike dịka e mere atụmatụ ya, e zigara ndị agha ahụ India. Lionel Wigmore, onye Australia na-akọ akụkọ ihe mere eme nke mkpọsa Malayan, dere na ntụgharị ahụ gosiri na "... nchekwa nke Singapore na mmezi nke nkwukọrịta Indian Ocean dị mkpa nke abụọ naanị na nchekwa nke United Kingdom... "