Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Na Disemba 26, 1941, mgbe ndị Japan wakporo Malaya
, Onyeisi ala Winston Churchill nyere Gen Auchinleck iwu ka o ziga otu ndị agha agha na Far East. Auchinleck zigara 7th Armoured Brigade Group, gụnyere A Bty, 95th A/T Rgt, n'okpuru Maj R.A. Hemelryk na ndị agha atọ nke ọ bụla nwere egbe 2-pdr anọ. Ndị otu brigade enweghị ike ịhapụ Port Suez ruo na ngwụcha ọnwa Jenụwarị 1942 ma bu n'obi ịga Java, mana ndị Japan weghaara agwaetiti ahụ tupu ọ bịarute na Machị. Kama nke ahụ, ọ gafere na Ceylon wee rute na Rangoon na Burma na 21 February.