Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na 20 Nọvemba 1941, "Kinu" bụ ọkọlọtọ nke Rear Admiral Setsuzo Yoshitomi's SubRon 4, dabere na Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, na SubDiv 18's, na, na SubDiv 19's "I-56",, na. Ọ nọ na Hainan ma na-arụ ọrụ na mkpuchi nke ndị agha Japan na-agbadata n'oké osimiri.
mwakpo ndị Briten wakporo Malaya n'oge mwakpo a wakporo Pearl Harbor.