Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubva 6 Mbudzi 1941 iro divi rakauya pasi pekutungamira kwaLieutenant-General Renya Mutaguchi uye rakapihwazve kuIJA 25th Army (iyo yaive pasi pekutungamira kwaGeneral Yamashita Tomoyuki). Yakabatanidzwa mukupinda 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".