<prompt> Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu: Passage: British Malaya yakakurumidza kuparara, kuchishamisa rudzi rweAustralia. Mauto eBritain, India neAustralia akaita chisarudzo chekupedzisira chisina kurongeka kuSingapore, vasati vazvipira musi wa 15 February 1942. Varwi vokuAustralia vanenge 15 000 vakava vasungwa vehondo. Curtin akafanotaura kuti kurwira Australia zvino kwaizotevera. Musi waFebruary 19, Darwin yakarwiswa nendege, kokutanga kuti nyika yeAustralia irwiswe nemauto omuvengi. Mumwedzi 19 yakatevera, Australia yakarwiswa nendege kanenge ka100. Mubvunzo: Vanhu vangani vokuAustralia vakatapwa muhondo muHondo Yenyika II?  <response>: 15 000 