<prompt> Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu: Passage: Mugwagwa mukuru unobatanidza Johor neSingapore wakaputitswa nemasimba eAllied mukuedza kumisa uto reJapan. Zvisinei, vaJapan vakakwanisa kuyambuka Straits of Johor vari mungarava dzinoputika mazuva akazotevera. Kurwisana kwakawanda kwakaitwa nemauto eAllied uye vazvipiri vevagari veSingapore vachipesana nemaJapan aifambira mberi, akadai seHondo yePasir Panjang, yakaitika munguva iyi. Zvisinei, nechikamu chikuru chezvidziviriro zvakaputsika uye zvinopihwa zvakapera, Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival akaisa mauto eAllied muSingapore kuna General Tomoyuki Yamashita weImperial Japanese Army paChinese New Year, 15 Kukadzi 1942. Mauto eNdiya, eAustralia neBritain anosvika 130 000 akava vasungwa vehondo, vakawanda vavo vakazotumirwa kuBurma, Japan, Korea, kana kuti Manchuria kuti vanoshandiswa sevaranda vachishandisa zvikepe zvinotakura vasungwa zvinozivikanwa sengarava dzegehena. Kuwa kweSingapore kwakanga kuri kuzviisa pasi kukuru zvikurusa kwamasimba aitungamirirwa neBritain munhau. Mapepanhau eJapane akazivisa norukundo kuti kukunda kwakasarudza mugariro mukuru wehondo. Singapore, yakatumidzwazve zita rokuti Syonan-to 昭南島 Shōnan-tō, Bright Southern Island muchiJapan, yakatorwa navaJapan kubva muna 1942 kusvikira muna 1945. Mauto eJapane akaisa matanho akaomarara mukurwisana navanhu vomunzvimbomo, nemauto, zvikurukuru Kempeitai kana kuti mapurisa ehondo eJapane, zvikurukuru asina tsitsi mukubata navanhu vokuChina. Utsinye hunoshamisa zvikurusa hwaiva kuurawa kwavagari vemo veChinese muSook Ching, kwakaitwa mukupindura kutsigira nhamburiko yehondo muChina. VaJapan vaitarisa vagari vemo kubatanidza vana kuti vaone kana vakanga vari vanorwisana navaJapan. Kana zvakadaro, vagari vane mhaka vaizotumirwa murori kuti vaurayiwe. Kuurawa kwacho kwakauraya vanhu vari pakati pe25 000 ne50 000 muMalaya neSingapore. Vamwe vanhu vose vakatambura nhamo huru mukati mamakore matatu nehafu echiJapan. VaMalay navaIndia vakamanikidzwa kuvaka Njanji Yorufu, njanji pakati peThailand neBurma Myanmar. Vakawanda vavo vakafa vachivaka njanji yacho. Iyo... Mubvunzo: Kutonga kweJapan muMalaya neSingapore kwakatora nguva yakareba sei?  <response>: makore matatu nehafu 