26kii Diseembar 1941kii, ka dib markii ay Japan soo duushay Malaya
Ra'iisul wasaare Winston Churchill ayaa ku amray Gen. Auchinleck in uu ciidamo gaashaaman u diro 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.