Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Jirgin saman "Kaga" ya fara tallafawa sojojin Japan a China a lokacin Hadarin Shanghai na 1932 kuma ya shiga Yaƙin Sino-Japan na biyu a ƙarshen 1930s. Tare da wasu jiragen ruwa guda biyar, ya shiga cikin hare-haren Pearl Harbor a watan Disamba na 1941 da kuma mamaye Rabaul a kudu maso yammacin Pacific a watan Janairun 1942. A watan da ya biyo baya jirginsa ya shiga cikin haɗin kai na jirgin sama a kan Darwin, Ostiraliya, yana taimakawa wajen tabbatar da nasarar da sojojin Japan suka yi a gabashin Indiya. Ta rasa mamayewar Tekun Indiya a watan Afrilu saboda dole ne ta koma Japan don gyarawa bayan ta buga wani dutse a watan Fabrairu. Bayan gyare-gyare, "Kaga" ya koma 1st Air Fleet don
kai hari kan Midway Atoll a watan Yunin 1942.