Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo Yenyika II payakanga yava kuda kutanga muPacific, mauto eJapan akapinda muMalaya musi wa8 December 1941. Kupinda kweJapan muMalaya
kwakatora makore mana uye mukati menguva yose yekugara, mauto eJapan aigara achishungurudzwa neMalayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA), boka revapanduki veMalayan Communist Party.