 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Yakaguma nokuwa kweSingaporekuvaJapan, uye kuzviisa pasi kukuru zvikurusa kwavarume vehondo vaitungamirirwa neBritain munhau. Mauto eBritain, eAustralia neIndia anosvika 80 000 akava vasungwa vehondo, vachibatanidza 50 000 vakatorwa navaJapan mukurwisa kweMalaya. Mutungamiriri wehurumende yeBritain Winston Churchill akadana kuwa kunonyadzisa kweSingapore kuvaJapan kuti ngwavaira yakaipisisa uye kuzviisa pasi kukuru zvikurusa munhau yeBritain. 