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pashure pokunge maJapan asvika muMalaya, Force Z yakaenda kugungwa masikati omusi wa8 December mukuedza kuvhiringidza mapoka evapambi. Iri rakanga riine "Prince of Wales" uye "Repulse", ichiperekedzwa nevanoparadza vana, "Electra", "Express", uye Australian. Ngarava dzacho dzakaonekwa masikati omusi wa9 December neUnited States Navy, uye ndege dzinobhururuka dzinobva mungarava dzinoverengeka dzokuJapan dzakaona ngarava dzeBritain gare gare masikati iwayo dzikavatevera kusvikira kwasviba. Admiral Sir Tom Phillips akasarudza kukanzura kushanda sezvo vaJapan vakanga vava kungwarira. Force Z yakadzokera mukati mamadekwana, pashure pokuedza kunyengera vaJapan kuti vakanga vakananga kuSingora. Pana 00:50 musi wa 10 December Admiral Philips akagamuchira chiratidzo chokumhara kwevavengi paKuantan uye nenzira yakafanana akachinja nzira kuitira kuti asvike nguva pfupi mushure mekumuka kwemasikati.