Whakakīhia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tīmatanga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao i te taiwhanga o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, ka whakaekehia e te ope taua o Hapanihi a Malaya i te 8 o Tihema 1941. Ko te
E wha tau te roa o te mahi a te Hapanihi ki Malaya, ana i te wa katoa o te mahi, ka whakawakia tonu te ope taua a te ope taua a te iwi o Malayan Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA), he roopu o nga hoia whakaeke mai i te Rōpū Communist Party o Malayan.