Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'oge na-adịghị anya tupu mwakpo ahụ e mere na Pearl Harbor, "I-53" malitere ọrụ nchebe n'ebe ugwu nke Anambas Islands iji kwado "Operation E",
Ndị Japan wakporo Malaya. Agha bidoro n'Ebe Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Eshia na 8 Disemba 1941 (7 Disemba gafee International Date Line na Hawaii, ebe Japan malitere agha site na mwakpo ya na Pearl Harbor). Mgbe ụgbọ mmiri I-53 na-eme ngagharị n'enweghị ihe merenụ, o rutere Cam Ranh n'Indochina nke ndị Japan na-achị.