Malaya, then under British occupation, was gradually occupied by Japanese forces between 8 December 1941 and the Allied surrender at Singapore on 15 February 1942. The Japanese remained in occupation
HMS Prince of Wales sinking after being hit by Japanese bombs and torpedoes on 10 December 1941
Japanese troops take cover behind steam engines at the Johor railway station in January 1942.
Propaganda poster in Malay, Chinese, and Latin-script Hindustani encouraging Malays to learn Japanese and adopt Japanese culture
U-848 under attack by Allied aircraft while sailing to join the Monsun Gruppe
Malayan campaign
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The Malayan campaign, referred to by Japanese sources as the Malay Operation, was a military campaign fought by Allied and Axis forces in Malaya from 8 December 1941 – 15 February 1942 at the opening
Japanese occupation of Malaya
…National Monument in Kuala Lumpur. This memorial commemorates those who served in both World War Two and the Malayan Emergency that followed the war. Battle of Malaya Battle of Borneo (1941–42…
Troops of the Imperial Japanese Army crouch on a street in Johor Bahru in the final stages of the Malayan campaign
Lt Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita, Commander of the Japanese 25th Army
Japanese aircraft at Penang - Summer 1942
Bristol Blenheim bombers of No. 62 Squadron RAF lined up at RAF Tengah, Singapore, 8 February 1941