Halka ay ka bilaabatay weerarkii Pearl Harbor, Boqortooyadii Japan waxay billowday duulaankii ay ku soo qaadday Malaya habeenkii December 7/8 1941.
Waxaad Afar saacadood ka dib weerarkii Pearl Harbor, dagaalkii Hong Kong ayaa bilowday. Inkastoo jawaabta degdegga ah ee Ingiriisku ay ahayd in la amro in tiro ka mid ah cutubyada loo wareejiyo Bariga Fog, midna kama soo bixin Bariga Dhexe xilligan. Maadaama kolonyo ay saarnaayeen qeybta 18aad ee Cagaf-cadaynta ay kaliya gaareen Cape of Good Hope markii Japan ay soo gashay dagaalka, waxaa loo weeciyay Bariga Fog 9kii Diseembar. Halkii ay ku xoojin lahaayeen howlgalka Crusader sida qorshuhu ahaa, qeybta waxaa loo diray Hindiya. Lionel Wigmore, oo ah taariikhyahan reer Australia ah oo ka tirsan ololihii Malayan, ayaa qoray in wareejinta ay muujisay in "... amniga Singapore iyo dayactirka isgaarsiinta Badweynta Hindiya ay ahaayeen kuwo muhiimad ahaan labaad u ah amniga Boqortooyada Ingiriiska... "