On the one hand, Japan had attacked the United States directly at Pearl Harbor, and the Japanese Navy threatened Germany First States territory in a way with the problem said the surface fleet, was not in.
Lwa mulayo ro thoma ubva nga tshikepe tsha Japan tshi tshi khou ya lwanzheni lwa Indian Ocean na u tshuwiswa hu saathu vhoniwa ha ma German tshikepe tsha U-boats tshi tshi ya Atlantic, zwa ita uri hu vhe na tsireledzo Cape Town.