Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin daren 7/8 Disamba 1941, sa'a daya kafin harin da aka kai a Pearl Harbor, Daular Japan ta fara mamaye Malaya
Ka yi haƙuri. Sa'o'i hudu bayan harin da aka kai a kan Pearl Harbor, Yaƙin Hong Kong ya fara. Kodayake amsawar Birtaniya ta kasance ta umarci wasu raka'a da za a tura su zuwa Gabas ta Tsakiya, babu wani daga cikin Gabas ta Tsakiya da aka janye a yanzu. Tunda rundunar da ke dauke da Rukunin Sojoji na 18 ta isa Cape of Good Hope lokacin da Japan ta shiga yaki, an karkatar da ita zuwa Gabas ta Tsakiya a ranar 9 ga Disamba. Maimakon ƙarfafa Operation Crusader kamar yadda aka tsara, an tura sashin zuwa Indiya. Lionel Wigmore, masanin tarihin Australiya na yakin Malayan, ya rubuta cewa karkatarwar ta nuna cewa "... tsaron Singapore da kuma kula da hanyoyin sadarwa na Tekun Indiya sun kasance na biyu a cikin muhimmancin kawai ga tsaron Birtaniya... "