Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kurwisa kweJapan musi wa8 December 1941, zuva riri kumadokero kwomuganhu wenyika yose wokugumisa apo Pearl Harbor yakarwiswa bhomba mangwanani aDecember 7 nguva yomunzvimbomo kumabvazuva kwomuganhu wenguva, kwakagumisa rugare muPacific nokukurumidza. Kurwiswa kwacho kwakanga kwakapararira uye kwaiitika panguva imwe chete. Kurwiswa kwa
Kota Bharu paMalay peninsula yakanga yaitika pamberi peiyo paPearl Harbor uye, yakaderedzwa kusvika panguva yakajairika yeAustralia, zvose zvakaitika pakati pe3:30 na10:00 maawa musi wa8 Zvita uye zvose kunze kwekurwiswa kweMalaya kwaiva kurwiswa kwemhepo. PaKota Bharu maJapan akanga achiburitsa mauto kuti atange hondo yokugara muSoutheast Asia neDutch East Indies. Musi wa 8 Zvita 1941 hurumende yeNetherlands yakanga iri muutapwa yakazivisa hondo kuJapan neGavhuna Mukuru muEast Indies achizivisa kugamuchira dambudziko rekuramba kuwedzera kweJapan. Ngarava dzeKPM dzakabva dzabatanidzwa mukuedza kudzivirira asi pasinei nekuedza kweAllied uye kuumbwa kwemutungamiri chaiye kuti adzivirire Malay Barrier kuparara kwakauya nekukurumidza.