Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: VaJapan vaida kurwisa sechiito chokudzivisa kuti United States Pacific Fleet irege kupindira nemabasa ayo ehondo akarongwa muSoutheast Asia mukurwisana nenharaunda dzokumwe dzeUnited Kingdom, Netherlands, uye United States. Mukati memaawa manomwe pakanga pane kurwisa kwakabatana kwechiJapan paFiripi, Guam, neWake Island dzaidzorwa neU.S. uye paUmambo hweBritain mu
Malaya, Singapore, uye Hong Kong. Mukuwedzera, kubva mumurangariro wechiJapan, kwakaratidzirwa sorusundo rwokudzivisa "pamberi pokupera kwemafuta".