Kammala wannan jumlar: Harin da Japan ta kai a ranar 8 ga Disamba, 1941, ranar da ke yamma da layin kwanan wata na duniya lokacin da aka kai wa Pearl Harbor bam a safiyar ranar 7 ga Disamba agogon gida a gabashin layin kwanan wata, ba zato ba tsammani ya kawo karshen zaman lafiya a cikin Pacific. Hare-haren sun bazu ko'ina kuma kusan lokaci ɗaya ne. Harin da aka kai kan
Kota Bharu a tsibirin Malay ya faru kafin wannan a kan Pearl Harbor kuma, ya rage zuwa lokacin Australia na yau da kullun, duk ya faru tsakanin 0330 da 1000 na ranar 8 ga Disamba kuma duk sai dai harin da aka kai a Malaya ya kasance hare-haren iska. A Kota Bharu Jafananci suna saukowa don fara kamfen don mamaye kudu maso gabashin Asiya da Dutch East Indies. A ranar 8 ga Disamba, 1941, gwamnatin Netherlands da ke gudun hijira ta ayyana yaƙi da Japan tare da Gwamna Janar a Gabashin Indiya da ke ba da sanarwar karɓar ƙalubalen yin tsayayya da fadada Japan. Jirgin ruwan KPM nan da nan ya shiga cikin kokarin karewa amma duk da kokarin Allied da kuma samar da takamaiman umarni don kare Malay Barrier, rushewar ya zo da sauri.