Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Kubvira muma1920 kuronga kwokuzvidzivirira kweAustralia kwakatungamirirwa nechinonzi 'zano reSingapore.' Urongwa uhwu hwaibatanidza kuvakwa nokudzivirirwa kwenzvimbo huru yehondo muSingapore kubva kwaizobva ngarava huru yeBritain kuti ipindure kupandukira kweJapan munharaunda yacho. Nokuda kwechinangwa ichi, chikamu chikuru chemauto eAustralia muAsia chakanangidzirwa muMalaya mukati ma1940 na1941 sezvo tyisidziro yakabva kuJapan yakawedzera. Pakatanga hondo mauto eAustralia muMalaya aiumbwa ne8th Division (pasi pe23rd Brigade) pasi pekutungamira kwaMajor General Gordon Bennett, mauto mana eRAAF uye ngarava dzehondo sere. RAAF yakava sangano rokutanga kuona chiito muPacific apo ndege dzeAustralia dzakanga dzichitevera jeti yeJapan yekupinda muMalaya dzakapfurwa musi wa 6 December 1941. Zvikamu zveAustralia zvakatora chikamu mukuedza kweCommonwealth kusabudirira kukunda maJapan, nendege dzeRAAF dzichirwisa misoro yemahombekombe uye Vampire ichiperekedza ngarava yehondo yeBritain Prince yeWales uye ngarava yehondo Repulse panguva yavo yakundikana kuyedza kurwisa ngarava dzeJapan.  Mubvunzo: Ndiani akatungamirira 8th Division muMalaya?
Mukuru Mukuru Gordon Bennett