<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Izindiza ze- Kaga zaqala ukusekela amabutho aseJapane eChina ngesikhathi seSehlakalo saseShanghai ngo-1932 futhi zabamba iqhaza eMpini Yesibili YamaShayina namaJapane 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  <response>: ukuhlasela iMidway Atoll ngoJune 1942. 