Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
Kupinda kweJapan muMalaya kwakasvika kumagumo, pasi pehutungamiriri hwaLieutenant-General Arthur Percival, mauto eAllied akatanga kudzokera kumashure kubva kunzvimbo dzawo muJohore, kuyambuka Causeway mumaawa ekutanga a31 Ndira 1942. Causeway yakaputika nokuputika kuviri. Yokutanga yakaparadza zambuko rinosimudza rechiteshi, nepo yechipiri yakaparira mukaha wakareba mamita 70 muCauseway ndokutema pombi dzinotakura mvurawo. Kunyange zvazvo chiito ichi chakanga chaita kuti vaJapan vanonoke, vaJapan vakavaka zambuko pamusoro penzvimbo yacho vachibvumira mauto avo kupinda muSingapore.