Japanese Occupation Of Malaya Map

Throughout much of world war ii malaya north borneo later known as sabah labuan and sarawak were under japanese occupation.

Japanese occupation of malaya map. 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. 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. The imperial japanese army allocated their 25th. Historical map of south southwest asia 10 december 1941 japanese invasion of thailand and malaya.

A map of the east indies by herman moll. The five papers which make up this collection examine the experiences of the malayan population under japanese occupation between early 1942 and august 1945. The map to the left depicts the deployment of british and commonwealth forces in malaya. War maps of the world.

Schematic map depicting the 1603 naval confrontation between the dutch and portuguese in the straits of singapore. Japanese occupation of burma currency 100 rupee note peacock series unissued collections. Kota bharu airport was occupied in the morning. This source is reliable in showing the economic changes in malaya during japanese occupation it was published by e jay on 8th february 2011 and the link of the source has sg in it the source states that the british had destroyed the main economic resources in malaya before they left and the japanese did nothing to restore them during the occupation while due to shortage of goods.

The map to the right shows the stages of japanese advance throughout the malayan campaign between december 1941 and february 1942. Sungai patani butterworth and alor star airports were captured on 9 december 1941. The other two articles by patricia lim pui huen and henry frei look at how the. 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.

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. Abu talib ahmad discusses relations between the japanese and the malay muslim population while yoji akashi and hara fujio consider the chinese population.