Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko ngā whakaeke a Hapanihi i te 8 o Tihema 1941, te rā ki te hauauru o te raina rā ā-ao i te wā i whakaekehia ai a Pearl Harbor i te ata o te 7 o Tihema i te wā ā-rohe ki te rawhiti o te raina rā, ka mutu ohorere te rangimarie i te Moananui a Kiwa. He nui nga whakaeke, tata tonu ki te wā kotahi. Ko te whakaekenga ki
Kota Bharu i runga i te pene Malay i puta i mua i taua i runga i Pearl Harbor me, whakaiti ki te wa Ahitereiria noa, i puta katoa i waenganui 0330 me 1000 haora i runga i 8 Hakihea me te katoa engari ko te whakaeke i Malaya he whakaeke rererangi. I Kota Bharu i utaina e nga Hapanihi nga ope ki te tiimata i te pakanga ki te noho ki te Tonga ki te Tonga o Ahia me te Dutch East Indies. I te 8 o Tihema 1941 i whakapuaki te kawanatanga o Netherlands i te whakarau ki a Japan me te Kawana-Tianara i te East Indies i whakaputa i tetahi panui e whakaae ana ki te wero ki te aukati i te whanaketanga o Hapani. I uru tonu nga kaipuke KPM ki nga mahi tiaki engari ahakoa nga mahi a te Allied me te hanganga o tetahi whakahau motuhake hei tiaki i te aukati Malay ka tere te hinganga.