Buuxi weedha soo socota: 26kii Diseembar 1941, ka dib markii
Markii ay Japan soo duushay Malaya, Ra'iisul wasaare Winston Churchill ayaa ku amray Gen Auchinleck in uu u diro ciidan gaashaaman Bariga fog. Auchinleck wuxuu u diray 7th Armoured Brigade Group, oo ay ku jiraan A Bty, 95th A / T Rgt, oo uu hogaaminayo Maj R.A. Hemelryk oo leh saddex ciidan midkiiba afar qori oo 2-pdr ah. Kooxda ciidanka ma awoodin inay ka baxaan Port Suez illaa dhammaadkii Janaayo 1942 waxaana loogu talagalay Java, laakiin jasiiraddaas waxaa qabsaday Japan ka hor inta aysan imaan Maarso. Taa bedelkeed, waxay sii mareen Ceylon waxayna ka degeen Rangoon ee Burma 21-kii Febraayo.