Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Neuchapupu hunowedzera hwokuti vaJapan vakanga vachiunganidza masimba kuti varove British Malaya, nhare yeSingapore yakaunzwa padanho rechipiri rokugadzirira pana 1 December 1941. Nhamba
Kupinda kweJapan muMalaya kwakatanga nekumhara kwegungwa nguva pfupi yapfuura pakati peusiku paDecember 7/8 (pamberi peKurwiswa kwePearl Harbor). Kurwiswa kwokutanga kweSingapore kwakauya na3: 30 usiku ihwohwo, kunyange zvazvo varwi vehusiku vakanga vasina kukanganiswa nokuti kudzivirirwa kwakanga kusina kudzidzira zvakakwana kuti kuwirirane navo nemapfuti eAA uye S / Ls. Zvombo zveAA zvakakundikana kuparadza ndege ipi neipi yomuvengi.