The British Military Administration was the interim administrator of British Malaya from August 1945, the end of World War II, to the establishment of the Malayan Union in April 1946. The BMA was unde
The Empire of Japan surrendered to the British Empire in Kuala Lumpur in 1945.
A ten dollar Japanese government-issued note used in Malaya and Borneo
Royal Marines in Georgetown
Operation Jurist
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Operation Jurist referred to the British recapture of Penang following Japan's surrender in 1945. Jurist was launched as part of Operation Zipper, the overall British plan to reconquer Malaya, includi
Imperial Japanese Navy Rear Admiral Jisaku Uozumi signs the surrender of Penang aboard HMS Nelson on 2 September 1945. He fainted shortly afterwards and was rushed to hospital.
HMS Nelson served as the flagship of the Royal Navy's Task Force 11
Royal Navy destroyer HMS Petard
Rear Admiral Jisaku Uozomi (second from right) discussing the surrender of Penang with Vice Admiral Harold Walker aboard HMS Nelson