Japanese Invasion Of Malaya Map

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Japanese invasion of malaya map. Saved by vijaya kumar ganapathy. Following the japanese invasion of malaya on 8 december 1941 the british colonial authorities accepted the malayan communist party s mcp standing offer of military co operation and on 15 december all left wing political prisoners were released. The capture of singapore would provide japan with a highly valuable military base in the region and it would also greatly undermine british authority in the region. The japanese invasion of malaya began just after midnight on 8 december 1941 local time before the attack on pearl harbor it was the first major battle of the pacific war and was fought between ground forces of the british indian army and the empire of japan.

The japanese commander for the attack on malaya was general yamashita. Surrendering malaya to japanese forces. In july 1941 the japanese moved into southern indochina prompting the us and britain to freeze japan s assets and cut off its oil supplies. Planes operating from northern malaya could make a mess of an invasion fleet if they were aggressively handled.

Historical map of south southwest asia 10 december 1941 japanese invasion of thailand and malaya. The battle begins with there occupation of the japanese army along with the railway bridge and the major road near the city of trolak. On the other hand if the fields could be captured promptly japanese air power could be installed right in the british back yard. This chronology of the japanese invasion was compiled by james tann a heritage blogger in the lead up to the 72nd anniversary of the fall of singapore on 15 february 1942.

Map of major battles in and near malaya december 10 1941. The japanese empire commenced the pacific war with the invasion of kota bahru in kelantan on 8 december 1941 at 00 25 1 about 90 minutes before the attack on pearl harbor in hawaii at 07 48 on 7 december hawaii time or 01 48 on 8 december malayan time. Wwii map of japanese invasion of malaya. Throughout much of world war ii malaya north borneo later known as sabah labuan and sarawak were under japanese occupation.

To view a close up of the map showing the level of printed detail please click on the bottom image on the right hand side. The campaign in malaya 7 december 1941 15 february 1942 the top image on the right hand side shows the entire map. The japanese army invasion of singapore island begins with the crossing at lim chu kang.