<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Izindiza ze- Kaga zaqala ukusekela amabutho aseJapan eChina ngesikhathi seSehlakalo saseShanghai ngo-1932 futhi zabamba iqhaza eMpini Yesibili YaseChina-Japan ngasekupheleni kwawo-1930. Ngezinye izindiza ezinhlanu zezindiza, wabamba iqhaza ekuhlaselweni kwePearl Harbor ngoDisemba 1941 nasekuhlaselweni kweRabaul eNingizimu-ntshonalanga yePacific ngoJanuwari 1942. Ngenyanga elandelayo izindiza zakhe zabamba iqhaza ekuhlaselweni kwezindiza ezihlangene eDarwin, e-Australia, zisiza ekuqinisekiseni ukunqotshwa kweDutch East Indies ngamabutho aseJapane. Wayengekho ekuhlaselweni kwe-Indian Ocean ngo-Ephreli njengoba kwadingeka abuyele eJapane ukuze alungiswe ngemva kokushayisa umhlathi ngoFebhuwari. Ngemva kokulungiswa, i-Kaga yajoyina i-1st Air Fleet ukuze ihlasele iMidway Atoll  <response>: ngo-June ka-1942. 