 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kupinda nechisimba mukuvamba kwa1942 kwakanga kuchikurumidza uye kwakakwana. Pakazosvika January 1942, zvikamu zveSulawesi neKalimantan zvakanga zvava kutongwa neJapan. Pakazosvika February, vaJapan vakanga vasvika paSumatra uko vakanga vakurudzira vaAcehnese kupandukira vaDutch. Musi waFebruary 19, atotora kare AmbonMuna December, mauto eJapan ekumabvazuva akaburuka muTimor, achidonhedza maparashuti muWest Timor pedyo neKupang, ndokusvika munharaunda yeDili yePortuguese Timor kuti adzinge mauto eAllied akanga apinda muna December. Musi waFebruary 27, kuedza kwokupedzisira kwehondo dzehondo dzeAllied kuti dzidzivise Japan kwakaparadzwa nekukundwa kwavo muHondo yeGungwa reJava. Kubva pana February 28 kusvika pana March 1, 1942, mauto eJapan akasvika munzvimbo ina pamhenderekedzo yokuchamhembe yeJava asingakanganiswi. Kurwa kwakasimba zvikuru kwakanga kwave kuri munzvimbo dzokupinda muAmbon, Timor, Kalimantan, uye paGungwa reJava. Munzvimbo dzakanga dzisina mauto echiDutch, dzakadai seBali, makanga musina kurwa. Musi wa 9 Kurume, mutungamiri wechiDutch akazvipira pamwe chete naGavhuna Mukuru Jonkheer A.W.L. Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer. 