Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te pō o te 7 ki te 8 o Tihema 1941, kotahi haora i mua i tana whakaeke ki Pearl Harbor, ka tīmata te Emepara o Hapani ki te
te whakaekenga o Malaya. E whā haora i muri i te whakaekenga ki Pearl Harbor, ka tīmata te Pakanga o Hong Kong. Ahakoa ko te urupare o Ingarangi ko te whakahau i te maha o nga waahanga kia hurihia ki te Rawhiti ki te Rawhiti, kaore i tangohia tetahi i te Waenganui o te Rawhiti mo tenei wa. I te mea i tae noa te waka ki te 18th Infantry Division ki te Cape of Good Hope i te wa i uru atu ai a Japan ki te pakanga, i hurihia ki te Rawhiti ki te 9 o Tihema. Hei utu mo te whakapakari i te Operation Crusader i whakaritea, i tukuna te wehenga ki Inia. I tuhituhi a Lionel Wigmore, te kaituhituhi a Ahitereiria mo te pakanga o Malayan, i kii te hurihanga "... ko te ahuru o Singapore me te pupuri i nga whakawhitiwhitinga korero o te Moana Inia te mea tuarua ki te ahuru o te United Kingdom... "