Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakaaro nga Hapanihi ki te whakaeke hei mahi aukati kia kore ai te United States Pacific Fleet e aukati i ana mahi hoia i whakaritea i te Tonga ki te Tonga o Ahia ki nga rohe o tawahi o te United Kingdom, Netherlands, me te United States. I roto i ngā haora e whitu, i whakaritea ngā whakaekenga a Hapani ki ngā motu o Piripi, o Guam, o Wake Island, e nohoia ana e te Hononga o Amerika, me te Emepaea o Ingarangi i roto i
Ko Malaya, ko Singapore, ko Hong Kong. Hei taapiri, mai i te tirohanga a te Hapanihi, i kitea he patu whakamua "i mua i te mutunga o te hinu".