<prompt> Bheka isigaba esingezansi bese uphendula umbuzo emva kwalokho ngolimi olufanayo nesigaba: Iphaseji: Umgwaqo omkhulu ohlanganisa iJohor neSingapore waqhuma ngamabutho ahlangene emzamweni wokuvimba ibutho laseJapane. Nokho, amaJapane akwazi ukuwela iStraits of Johor ngezikebhe ezikhukhumezayo ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva. Izimpi eziningana zamabutho ahlangene kanye namavolontiya abantu baseSingapore ngokumelene namaJapane athuthukile, njengeMpi yasePasir Panjang, zenzeka ngalesi sikhathi. Kodwa-ke, njengoba iningi lezivikelo lalichithekile futhi izimpahla seziphelile, uLieutenant-General Arthur Percival wanikela amabutho ama-Allied eSingapore kuJenene Tomoyuki Yamashita we-Imperial Japanese Army ngoNyaka Omusha WamaShayina, ngoFebhuwari 15, 1942. Cishe amabutho aseNdiya, ase-Australia nawaseBrithani angu-130 000 aba iziboshwa zempi, amaningi awo kamuva ayiswa eBurma, eJapane, eKorea, noma eManchuria ukuze asetshenziswe njengezigqila ngokusebenzisa izithuthi zeziboshwa ezaziwa ngokuthi imikhumbi yesihogo. Ukuwa kweSingapore kwaba ukuzinikela okukhulu kunakho konke emlandweni kwamabutho ayeholwa amaBrithani. Amaphephandaba aseJapane amemezela ngokunqoba ukunqoba njengokunquma isimo jikelele sempi. ISingapore, eyaqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi iSyonan-to 昭南島 Shōnan-tō, Isiqhingi Esikhanyayo SaseNingizimu ngesiJapane, yahlala amaJapane kusukela ngo-1942 kuya ku-1945. Ibutho laseJapane lafaka izinyathelo ezinzima kubantu bendawo, amabutho, ikakhulukazi iKempeitai noma amaphoyisa ezempi aseJapane, ayengenazwela ngokukhethekile ekusebenzelaneni nabantu baseChina. Ububi obuphawuleka kakhulu kwakuwukubulawa kwabantu baseChina eSuk Ching, okwenziwa ngenjongo yokuziphindiselela ngenxa yokusekela impi yaseChina. AmaJapane ahlola izakhamuzi kuhlanganise nezingane ukuze ahlole ukuthi azimelene namaJapane yini. Uma kunjalo, izakhamuzi ezinecala zaziyothunyelwa ngamaloli ukuze zibulawe. Lokhu kubulawa kwabantu abaningi kwabulala abantu abaphakathi kuka - 25 000 no - 50 000 eMalaya naseSingapore. Bonke abanye abantu babhekana nobunzima obukhulu phakathi neminyaka emithathu nengxenye yokubuswa amaJapane. AmaMalay namaNdiya aphoqeleka ukuba akhe Isitimela Sokufa, isitimela esiphakathi kweThailand neBurma eMyanmar. Abaningi babo bafa ngesikhathi kwakhiwa ujantshi. I - - Umbuzo: Ukuhlala kwamaJapane eMalaya naseSingapore kwathatha isikhathi esingakanani?  <response>: iminyaka emithathu nengxenye 