Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kutanga kwehondo muPacific muna December 1941 kwakawana vaBritain muMalaya vasina kugadzirira chose chose. Mukati mema1930, vachitarisira kutyisidzira kwakanga kuchikura kwesimba rehondo yeJapan, vakanga vavaka hwaro hukuru hwehondo yehondo paSingapore, asi havana kutongofungidzira kupinda kweMalaya kubva kuchamhembe. Nemhaka yezvinodikanwa zvehondo muEurope, kwakanga kusina chaizvoizvo mano okubhururuka eBritain muFar East. VaJapan nokudaro vakakwanisa kurwisa vachibva muzviteshi zvavo muFrench Indo-China vasingarangwi, uye pasinei zvapo nokudzivisa kwokushinga kwemauto eBritain, eAustralia, uye eIndia, ivo
vakakunda Malaya mumwedzi miviri. Singapore, isina dziviriro dzomunyika, isina dziviriro yemhepo, uye isina gadziriro yemvura, yakamanikidzirwa kuzvipa muna February 1942. British North Borneo neBrunei zvakatorwawo.