Buuxi weedha soo socota: Si kastaba ha ahaatee, 8-dii Diseembar, kolkii kolonyada ay Durban ku jirtay, ciidamada Japan
waxay qabsadeen Malay, wax yar kahor intaanay weerarin Pearl Harbor. 11kii Diseembar kolonyo ayaa la kala qaybiyay, qeybta ay kujirtay 6th HAA Rgt (hadda waxay saarnaayeen HM Transport "Aorangi") waxaa loo weeciyay Singapore, waxayna timid 13kii Janaayo 1942. Dhowr ka mid ah maraakiibta siday qalabka iyo gaadiidka ayaa sii waday Basra, laakiin qoryaha ayaa la wareegayay qoryaha jira ee ku xeeran jasiiradda Singapore.