<prompt> Bheka isigaba esingezansi bese uphendula umbuzo emva kwalokho ngolimi olufanayo nesigaba: Ukudlula: Impi Yezwe I 19141918 ayizange ithinte kakhulu iSingapore: ingxabano ayizange isakazekele eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia. Okuwukuphela kwesigameko esiphawulekayo sendawo phakathi nempi kwakuwukuvukela kuka-1915 kwama-sepoys aseBrithani angamaNdiya angamaSulumane ayehlala eSingapore. Ngemuva kokuzwa amahemuhemu ngezinhlelo zokubathumela ukulwa noMbuso Wase-Ottoman, amasosha avukela, abulala izikhulu zawo kanye nezakhamizi eziningana zaseBrithani ngaphambi kokuthi amabutho afika evela eJohor naseBurma acindezele iziyaluyalu. Ngemuva kwempi, uhulumeni waseBrithani wachitha izinsiza eziningi ekwakheni isisekelo semikhumbi yempi eSingapore, njengesithiyo eMbusweni waseJapane owawuya ngokuya uvelela. Yaqedwa ngo-1939 ngezindleko eziwumbukwane zamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-500, isizinda semikhumbi yempi sasiqhosha ngalokho okwakuyidokhi elomile elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni ngaleso sikhathi, idokhi elintantayo lesithathu ngobukhulu, namathangi kaphethiloli anele okusekela lonke ibutho lemikhumbi yempi laseBrithani izinyanga eziyisithupha. Yayivikelwe izibhamu ezinkulu zemikhumbi yempi ezingamasentimitha angu-15 kanye namabutho eRoyal Air Force ayezinze eTengah Air Base. UWinston Churchill walibiza ngokuthi iGibraltar yaseMpumalanga. Ngeshwa, kwakuyisisekelo esingenalo ibutho lempi. I-British Home Fleet yayihlala eYurophu futhi uhlelo lwaluwukuthi ihambe ngokushesha iye eSingapore lapho kudingeka. Nokho, ngemva kokuqala kweMpi Yezwe II ngo-1939, i- Fleet yayimatasa kakhulu ivikela iBrithani. ULieutenant General Sir William George Shedden Dobbie waqokwa njengombusi waseSingapore kanye neGeneral Officer Commanding Malaya Command ngomhlaka 8 Novemba 1935, ebambe isikhundla esise-The Istana kuze kube ngaphambi nje kokuqala kweMpi Yezwe II ngo-1939. Wayephethe ukwakha i-The Dobbie Hypothesis ngokuwa kweSingapore okwathi, uma bekunakwa, kungenzeka ukuthi kuvimbele ukuwa kweSingapore phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yesibili. Umbuzo: Yaqala nini iMpi Yezwe II?  <response>: Ngo-1939 