 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Panguva yekurwiswa kwePearl Harbor musi wa7 Zvita 1941, Asanagi yakapiwa Destroyer Division 29 yeDestroyer Squadron 6 ye4th Fleet, yakavakirwa paTruk. Muparadzi akapa chifukidziro nokuda kweGilbert Islands invasion force kubva 8 kusvika 10 December 1941, uye akazogoverwa kune yechipiri Wake Island invasionsimba musi waDecember 23. 