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Map of the Malayan campaign The defeat of Allied troops at the Battle of Jitra by Japanese forces, supported by tanks moving south from Thailand on 11 December 1941 and the rapid advance of the Japanese inland from their Kota Bharu beachhead on the north-east coast of Malaya overwhelmed the northern defences.
Map: Malaya, 1941–1942 Major General Murray-Lyon—realising that the positions at Jitra were still not ready—ordered Brigadier K. A. Garrett to take the 1/14th Punjab and the 2/ 1st Gurkha Rifles to positions on the Trunk Road north of Jitra, in an attempt to delay the Japanese advance until 12 December. [ 14 ]
1942 Japanese map of the Malay Peninsula. The Thai administrative service in the northern Malay states was relatively small, and the officers were more concentrated in carrying out military and police duties and foreign relations. The administrative service was carried out by civil servants who were under military supervision.
Churchill's Lions: A Biographical guide to the Key British Generals of World War II. Stroud: Spellmount. ISBN 978-1-86227-431-0. Seki, Eiji. (2006). Mrs. Ferguson's Tea-Set, Japan and the Second World War: The Global Consequences Following Germany's Sinking of the SS Automedon in 1940. London: Global Oriental.
Below, the events of World War II have the "WW2" acronym 6–8 January – WW2: Battle of Slim River; 11 January – WW2: Kuala Lumpur falls to the Imperial Japanese Army; 14 January – WW2: Battle of Gemas; 14–22 January – WW2: Battle of Muar; 23 January – WW2: Parit Sulong Massacre; 26–27 January – WW2: Battle off Endau
Lt-Gen Takuro Matsui (motor transport) The 5th Division faced the brunt of British defences throughout the Battle of Malaya and participated in the invasion of Singapore.The 5th Division landed at Patani and Singora in Thailand on 7 December 1941 and then proceeded to attack down the west coast of Malaya.
The Malaya Command was a formation of the British Army formed in the 1920s for the coordination of the defences of British Malaya, which comprised the Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay States and the Unfederated Malay States. [1]
Leaders in Japan had long had an interest in the idea. The outbreak of World War II fighting in Europe had given the Japanese an opportunity to demand the withdrawal of support from China in the name of "Asia for Asiatics", with the European powers unable to effectively retaliate. [4]