Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Uchapupu huri kuramba huchiwedzera hwokuti vaJapan vakanga vachiunganidza mauto kuti varove British Malaya, varwi veSingapore vakaendeswa kunhanho yechipiri yokugadzirira musi wa1 December 1941. Kupinda kweJapan muMalaya
kwakatanga nokumhara kwegungwa nguva pfupi pashure pokunge pakati pousiku paDecember 7/8 (pamberi pokurwiswa 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.