<prompt> Nokho, amaJapane akwazi ukuwela iStraits of Johor ngezikebhe ezikhukhumezayo ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemuva kwalokho. Izimpi eziningana zamabutho ahlangene kanye namavolontiya omphakathi waseSingapore ngokumelene namaJapane athuthuka, njengeMpi yasePasir Panjang, zenzeka phakathi nalesi sikhathi. Kodwa-ke, njengoba iningi lezivikelo ezichotshoziwe futhi izimpahla ziphelile, uLieutenant-General u-Arthur Percival wanikela amabutho ahlangene eSingapore kuGeneral Tomoyuki Yamashita we-Imperial Japanese Army ngoNyaka Omusha WamaShayina, ngoFebhuwari 15, 1942.  <response>: iminyaka emithathu nengxenye 