Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kubva musi wa6 Mbudzi 1941 divi rakapinda pasi pehutungamiriri hweLieutenant-General Renya Mutaguchi uye rakapihwazve kuIJA 25th Army (iyo yaive pasi pehutungamiriri hwaGeneral Yamashita Tomoyuki). Rakabatanidzwa mu
kupinda muMalaya neSingapore. 124th Infantry Regiment nedzimwe nhengo dze18th Division dzakatora chikamu muHondo yeBorneo kubva musi wa16 Zvita 1941 zvichienda mberi. Kutevera kukunda kweSingapore, divi racho rakaendeswa kuIJA 15th Army yekupinda kweBurma, uko kwakatambura vanhu vanopfuura zviuru zvitatu, kunyanya kubva mukushomeka kwehutano uye marariya mukuchengetedza kutonga kweLedo Road. Mamiriro ezvinhu ekupa aive akaipa kwazvo zvekuti zvimwe zvikamu zvechikamu zvakaba zvikamu nezvombo kubva kuzvitoro zve53rd divi, muTanai Township vachizviwanira zita remadunhurirwa rekuti "mbavha dzechikwata".