Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: I le taimi na osofaʻia ai Pearl Harbor, o le "Kumano" o le vaʻa sili lea a le Sui Admiral Shigeyoshi Inoue's IJN 4th Fleet ma na faʻatutuina e ufiufi le
O le osofaʻiga a Iapani i Malaya o se vaega o le First Southern Expeditionary Fleet a le Sui Admiral Jisaburō Ozawa, ma saunia ai se lagolago vavalalata mo le tulaueleele o fitafita Iapani i Singora, Pattani ma Kota Bharu.