Bangaki abantu ababulawa noma abalimala kulo mbhalo?
Context:Phakathi neMpi YasePacific, ukuhlasela kweJapane eMalaya kwafinyelela umvuthwandaba ngeMpi yaseSingapore. Lapho amabutho aseBrithani angu - 60 000 ezinikela ngo - February 15, 1942, undunankulu waseBrithani uWinston Churchill wabiza ukunqotshwa ngokuthi "inhlekelele embi kakhulu nokuzinikela okukhulu kunakho konke emlandweni waseBrithani". Ukulahleka kweBrithani noMbuso ngesikhathi belwela iSingapore kwakunzima, ngenani eliphelele labasebenzi abacishe babe ngu-85,000 abathunjwa. Kwabulawa noma kwalimala abangaba ngu - 5 000, iningi labo elalingama - Australia. Ukulahlekelwa amaJapane ngesikhathi sempi eSingapore kwafinyelela ku-1,714 ababulewe kanye no-3,378 abalimele.[d] Ukuhlala kwakuzoba yinguquko enkulu emlandweni wezizwe eziningana, kufaka phakathi lezo zaseJapane, iBrithani neSingapore. Amaphephandaba aseJapane amemezela ngokunqoba ukuthi ukunqoba kwakunquma isimo sempi sisonke. Phakathi kuka - 5 000 no - 25 000 abantu abangamaShayina babulawa ekuqothulweni kweSook Ching okwalandela. Amabutho aseBrithani ayehlele ukukhulula iSingapore ngo-1945; kodwa, impi yaphela ngaphambi kokuba lezi zenzo zenziwe.
Abantu abangu-15092 kuya kwabangu-35092 babulawa noma balimala bebonke. Kubalwa amabutho aseBrithani angu-5 000, amabutho aseJapane angu-1714 abulawa, amabutho aseJapane angu-3 378 alimala futhi amaShayina angu-5 000 kuya kwangu-25 000 abulawa.