Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'oge mwakpo ahụ a wakporo Pearl Harbor, "Kumano" bụ ọkọlọtọ maka Vice Admiral Shigeyoshi Inoue's IJN 4th Fleet ma tinye ya iji kpuchie
Japanese mbuso agha nke Malaya dị ka akụkụ nke Vice Admiral Jisaburō Ozawa's First Southern Expeditionary Fleet, na-enye nkwado dị nso maka ndị agha Japan na Singora, Pattani na Kota Bharu.