 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kunyura kwechikepe chikuru cheBritain Prince of Wales uye RepulseNdege dzeJapan dzaibva panyika musi wa 10 Zvita 1941 dzakatungamirira IJN kuti ione kuti ngarava dzehondo hadzigoni kushanda mukutarisana nendege dzevavengi uye dzaida rutsigiro rwemhepo rwushamwari kuti dzivadzivirire. Kurasikirwa kwevatakuri vendege vana vechiJapan panguva yeHondo yeMidway munaJune 1942 kwakaderedza zvakanyanya kugona kweIJN kupa chero kufukidzwa kwemhepo uye dzimwe nzira dzakatsvakwa. Zvikumbiro zvapakuvamba zvokushandura imwe kana kuti ngarava dzehondo dzakawanda kuva vatakuri vakanga vaitwa uye vakarambwa pakuvamba kwehondo, asi vakadzorerwa pashure peMidway. Zvirongwa zvekuchinja kwakanyatsogadziriswa zvakarambwa pamusana pemari uye, kunyanya, nguva, uye IJN yakagadziriswa kubvisa vaviri vekumashure ve turrets uye kuvashandura nechiteshi chekubhururuka chakashongedzerwa nema catapults maviri ekusimudza ndege dzinobhururuka. Ngarava dzeIse dzakasarudzwa kuti dzishandurwe nokuti Hyūga yakanga yaona kuputika muTurret No. 5 pakutanga kwaMay iyo yakaparadza turret uye Turret No. 6 haigoni kukwira kusvika ku 43 degrees yakazara inodiwa nokuda kwekubatana kwenguva refu kunotarisirwa neIJN. Fusō dzakarongwa kutevera apo mbiri dzokutanga dzakapedzwa. 