 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hong Kong yakarwiswamusi wa 8 Zvita ndokuwira musi wa 25 Zvita 1941, nemauto eCanada neRoyal Hong Kong Volunteers vachitamba chikamu chakakosha mukudzivirira. Nzvimbo dzeAmerica paGuam neWake Island dzakarasika panguva imwe cheteyo. Mauto eBritain, eAustralia, uye eHolland, akanga atopererwa navanhu nezvombo nokuda kwamakore maviri ehondo neGermany, uye akanga akabatikana zvikuru muMiddle East, North Africa, uye kumwewo, akanga asingakwanisi kugovera zvinopfuura zvikuru kudzivisa kwokunyepedzera kuvaJapan vakashinga muhondo. Ngarava mbiri huru dzehondo dzeBritain, uye, dzakanyudzwa nekurwiswa nendege kweJapan kubva kuMalaya musi wa10 Zvita 1941. 