 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Munguva yechikamu chokutanga cheHondo Yenyika II, vagari vomuguta racho vakaramba vachirarama sezvavaimboita kusvikira mashoko okunyura kwePrince of Wales neRepulsemusi waDecember 10, 1941 vakasvika muguta ndokurova kutya. Vakuru vakuru vokuBritain vakatanga kutiza uye zviuru zvevagari vomuguta racho zvakahwanda muminda yemagumbeze nemumasango sezvo vakanzwa nezvezviito zvoutsinye zvakaitwa mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzeMalaya pashure pokukundwa kwavo navaJapan. Mauto eJapan akasvika muguta musi wa14 Ndira 1942 mumutsetse wemabhasikoro, asi sezvo ivo vainyanya kutarisa mukuona kudzoserwa kwevaBritish kumaodzanyemba kweMalay Peninsula neSingapore, pakanga pasina hondo huru muguta kana mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzeMalacca. Mukati mokubata kwavo, dzimbahwe rekempeitai rakagadzwa muimbova Government Rest House yeBritain iyo yakashanda senzvimbo yekusungwa, kutambudzwa uye kuurayiwa. Avo vakanga vachiri kugara muguta vakapiwa migove yepasi yemupunga netapioca yokuwedzera uye vanoverengeka vavo vakaendeswa kuThailand ndokumanikidzirwa kuvaka Burma-Siam Railway. 