Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - MuHondo Yenyika II, Hondo yeJapan yakapinda
uye vakatora Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak, neSingapore kwemakore anopfuura matatu. Mukati menguva iyi, makakatanwa edzinza akamuka uye urudzi hwakakura. Rutsigiro rwavanhu nokuda kworusununguko rwakawedzera pashure pokunge Malaya yatorwazve nemauto eAllied. Zvirongwa zveBritain zvepashure pehondo zvekubatanidza hutongi hweMalaya pasi pekoloni imwe chete inonzi "Mubatanidzwa weMalaya" yakasangana nekushorwa kwakasimba kubva kuvaMalay, avo vaipikisa kushaya simba kwevatongi veMalay uye kupihwa kwehugari kuvanhu vechiChinese. Mubatanidzwa weMalaya, wakagadzwa muna 1946, uye waive nezvinhu zvese zveBritish muMalay Peninsula kunze kweSingapore, wakakurumidza kuputswa uye kutsiviwa musi wa1 Kukadzi 1948 neFederation of Malaya, iyo yakadzorera kuzvitonga kwevatongi venyika dzeMalay pasi pekudzivirirwa kweBritish.