Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Da dama daga cikin jami'an sojan ruwan Japan sun yi sha'awar aikin Birtaniya a cikin
Yaƙin Taranto, inda tsoffin Fairy Swordfish 21 suka kashe rabin "Regia Marina" (Sojojin Ruwa na Italiya). Admiral Yamamoto har ma ya aika da wata tawaga zuwa Italiya, wanda ya yanke shawarar cewa mafi girma da kuma goyon baya mafi kyau na Cunningham zai iya tilasta wa Amurka Pacific Fleet komawa zuwa sansanonin California, don haka ya ba Japan lokacin da ake bukata don kafa "tsarin" don kare kariya ta Japan na Dutch East Indies. Wakilan sun koma Japan tare da bayani game da torpedoes masu zurfi da injiniyoyin Cunningham suka tsara.