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Malayan campaign

The Malayan campaign, referred to by Japanese sources as the Malay Operation (馬来作戦, Maree Sakusen), was a military campaign fought by Allied and Axis forces in Malaya from 8 December 1941 – 15 February 1942 at the opening of the Pacific War and during the Second World War. It was dominated by land battles between British Commonwealth army units and the…

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Malaya
Date
Date8 December 1941 – 15 February 1942 (2 months, and 8 days)LocationMalayaResult Japanese victoryTerritorial changes Japanese occupation of Malaya · 8 December 1941 – 15 February 1942 (2 months, and 8 days)
Result
Japanese victory
Territorial changes
Japanese occupation of Malaya

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Japanese invasion of Malaya

Air war

Advance down the Malayan Peninsula

Defence of Johor

Retreat to Singapore

Battles of the campaign

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Malayan campaign

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related to Bibliography · 154
Malayan campaign → ACT, Action Against, Action Over Malaya, Air Battles, Air Operations, Alan, Allied Airpower West, April, Archived, Army, Australia, Australian War Memorial, Barnsley, Battlebox, Bayly, Bloody Shambles, Books, Brian, Britain's Asian Empire, Britain's Command HQ
related to Japanese invasion of Malaya · 22
Malayan campaign → Army, At, British, December, Division, French, French Indo-China, Indochina, It, Japan, Japanese, Kota Bharu, Lieutenant General Tomoyuki Yamashita, Malaya, Pattani, Singapore, Songkhla, Thai, Thailand, The French
related to Casualties · 8
Malayan campaign → Allied, Army, Australian, British, Indian, Malayan, The Japanese, These
see also · 6
Malayan campaign → Battle, Far East, MalayaJapanese, Malayan CampaignMalaya Command, Order, ThailandJapanese
Date · 2
Malayan campaign → 8 December 1941 – 15 February 1942 (2 months, and 8 days), Date8 December 1941 – 15 February 1942 (2 months, and 8 days)LocationMalayaResult Japanese victoryTerritorial changes Japanese occupation of Malaya
Location · 1
Malayan campaign → Malaya
Result · 1
Malayan campaign → Japanese victory
Territorial changes · 1
Malayan campaign → Japanese occupation of Malaya

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japanese singapore malaya aircraft air campaign british december allied 1941 east troops army needed forces malayan war squadron citation thailand

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Malayan campaignDateDate8 December 1941 – 15 February 1942 (2 months, and 8 days)LocationMalayaResult Japanese victoryTerritorial changes Japanese occupation of Malaya1.00infobox
Malayan campaignDate8 December 1941 – 15 February 1942 (2 months, and 8 days)1.00infobox
Malayan campaignLocationMalaya1.00infobox
Malayan campaignResultJapanese victory1.00infobox
Malayan campaignTerritorial changesJapanese occupation of Malaya1.00infobox
Kesatuan Melayu Mudainstance ofthat linked up with the Malay and Indian pro-independence organisations0.80text
the Indian Independence Leagueinstance ofthat linked up with the Malay and Indian pro-independence organisations0.80text
the Nakajima Ki-43instance ofincluding markedly superior types0.80text
Malayan campaignrelated to BibliographyBayly0.60section
Malayan campaignrelated to BibliographyChristopher0.60section
Malayan campaignrelated to BibliographyHarper0.60section
Malayan campaignrelated to BibliographyTim0.60section

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