<prompt> Nokho, amaJapane akwazi ukuwela iStraits of Johor ngezikebhe ezikhukhumezayo ezinsukwini ezalandela. Izimpi eziningana zamabutho ahlangene kanye namavolontiya abantu baseSingapore ngokumelene namaJapane athuthuka, njengeMpi yasePasir Panjang, zenzeka phakathi nale nkathi. Kodwa-ke, ngeningi lezivikelo ezichotshoziwe kanye nezinsiza eziphelile, uLieutenant-General Arthur Percival wanikela amabutho ahlangene eSingapore kuGeneral Tomoyuki Yamashita we-Imperial Japanese Army ngoNyaka Omusha WamaShayina, ngoFebhuwari 15, 1942.  <response>: IMalaya neSingapore 