Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Site na 6 Nọvemba 1941 nkewa ahụ nọ n'okpuru iwu nke Lieutenant-General Renya Mutaguchi ma nyeghachi ya ndị agha 25 nke IJA (nke nọ n'okpuru iwu nke General Yamashita Tomoyuki). Ọ sonyere na
mwakpo nke Malaya na Singapore. 124th Infantry Regiment na ụfọdụ ndị ọzọ nke 18th Division sonyere na Agha nke Borneo site na 16 Disemba 1941 gaa n'ihu. Mgbe e merisịrị Singapore, e zigara ndị agha ahụ na IJA 15th Army maka mwakpo nke Burma, ebe ọ tara ahụhụ ihe karịrị mmadụ 3000, ọkachasị site na erighị nri na ịba na ijide njikwa nke Ledo Road. Ọnọdụ ọkọnọ ahụ dị njọ nke na ụfọdụ ndị otu nkewa ahụ zuru ohi na ngwa agha site na ụlọ ahịa nke 53rd nkewa, na Tanai Township na-enweta onwe ha aha otutu nke "ndị ohi".