Japanese Occupation Of Malaya Map

Historical map of south southwest asia 10 december 1941 japanese invasion of thailand and malaya.

Japanese occupation of malaya map. The other two articles by patricia lim pui huen and henry frei look at how the. Throughout much of world war ii malaya north borneo later known as sabah labuan and sarawak were under japanese occupation. The map to the left depicts the deployment of british and commonwealth forces in malaya. Army to the conquest of british malaya.

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. Kota bharu airport was occupied in the morning. This battle marked the official start of the pacific war and the start of the japanese occupation of malaya. Without oil japan faced the choice of either withdrawing from its conquests or invading the oil rich east indies and further provoking the us.

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. 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. A map of marai japanese malaya and syonan to japanese singapore published during world war 2. Sungai patani butterworth and alor star airports were captured on 9 december 1941.

Lieutenant general a e percival general officer commanding malaya at the time of the japanese attack photo imperial war museum london general sir archibald wavell c in c far east and major general f k simmons goc singapore fortress inspecting soldiers of the 2nd gordon highlanders singapore 3 november 1941. Abu talib ahmad discusses relations between the japanese and the malay muslim population while yoji akashi and hara fujio consider the chinese population. Masanobu tsuji was the officer in charge of operations and planning in the malayan sector and the mastermind of the malayan campaign. The imperial japanese 25th.

Penang was governed as part of the japanese military administration of malaya excluding singapore renamed syonan to which renamed malaya as marai. The doro nawa or taiwan army research department took charge of researching and planning japanese military strategy in asia. The imperial japanese army allocated their 25th. Kota bharu capital of kelantan state on malaysia s northeast coast was in 1941 the royal air force s raf and royal australian.