Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Zvisinei, musi wa 8 December, apo konvo yacho yakanga iri paDurban, vaJapan vakapinda muMalaya
nguva pfupi vasati varwisa Pearl Harbor. Musi wa11 Zvita konvoyi yakakamurwa, uye chikamu chaive ne6th HAA Rgt (zvino chiri muHM Transport "Aorangi") chakatsauswa kuenda kuSingapore, ichisvika musi wa13 Ndira 1942. Ngarava dzinoverengeka dzakanga dzakatakura midziyo nemotokari dzakanga dzapfuurira kuenda kuBasra, asi vapfuri vemapfuti vakanga vaine nzvimbo dzokupfura dzakanga dziripo pedyo nechitsuwa cheSingapore.