Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mwakpo ndị Japan mere n'abalị asatọ nke ọnwa Disemba n'afọ 1941, ụbọchị ahụ dị n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ nke akara ụbọchị mba ụwa mgbe a tụrụ bọmbụ na Pearl Harbor n'ụtụtụ nke ụbọchị asaa nke ọnwa Disemba n'oge obodo dị n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ nke akara ụbọchị ahụ, mere ka udo dị na Pacific kwụsị na mberede. Mwakpo ndị ahụ gbasaruru ebe nile, ọ fọkwara nke nta ka ha mee n'otu mgbe. Mwakpo ahụ a wakporo
Kota Bharu na Malay peninsula mere tupu nke ahụ na Pearl Harbor na, belata na oge Australia nkịtị, niile mere n'etiti elekere 0330 na 1000 na 8 Disemba na ihe niile ma e wezụga mwakpo na Malaya bụ mwakpo ikuku. Na Kota Bharu ndị Japan na-ebubata ndị agha iji malite mkpọsa iji weghara Ndịda Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Eshia na Dutch East Indies. Na 8 Disemba 1941 gọọmentị Netherlands nọ na mpụ kwupụtara agha na Japan na Gọvanọ General na East Indies na-enye ọkwa na-anabata ihe ịma aka iguzogide mgbasawanye Japan. Ụgbọ mmiri KPM tinyere aka ozugbo na mgbalị nchekwa mana n'agbanyeghị mbọ ndị Allied na nhazi nke iwu akọwapụtara iji chebe Malay Barrier, ọdịda ahụ bịara ngwa ngwa.