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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.
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.
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war .
About 1.2 million Austrians served in all branches of the German armed forces during World War II. After the defeat of the Axis Powers, the Allies occupied Austria in four occupation zones set up at the end of World War II until 1955, when the country again became a fully independent republic under the condition that it remained neutral.
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
The Battle for Singapore: The True Story of the Greatest Catastrophe of World War II. London: Portrait. ISBN 978-0-7499-5085-9. Warren, Alan (2002). Britain's Greatest Defeat: Singapore 1942. Hambledon Continuum. ISBN 978-1-85285-597-0. Wigmore, Lionel (1957). "Chapter 8: Invasion of Malaya". Part II: South–East Asia Conquered. Australia in ...
Prior to the war, Malaya produced 40% of the world's rubber and a high proportion of the world's tin. It imported more than 50% of its rice requirements, a staple food for its population. The Allied blockade meant that both imports and the limited exports to Japan were dramatically reduced. [ 31 ]
Map of the participants of World War II, with Allied countries before Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in dark green, Allies after the attack in light green, Axis powers in blue, and neutral countries in gray.