 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Phillips akarayira Force Z kubuda musi wa 8 December kuzorwisa kumhara kwezvikepe zveJapan paMalaya muGulf of Thailand. Encounter uye Jupiter vakanga vasingashandi nokuda kwezvikanganiso uye vakatsiviwa neHondo Yenyika Yokutanga vaparadzi uye. Prince of Wales neRepulse zvakanyudzwa nendege dzeJapanmusi wa 10 December 1941, kuva ngarava huru dzokutanga dzinofamba mugungwa kuti dzinyudzwe bedzi nendege dzomuvengi. 