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
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
Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival, was a British Army officer. He saw service in the First World War and built a successful military career during the interwar period, but is best known for hi
Percival in 1941
Near Thiepval, 7 August. Photo by Ernest Brooks.
The Royal Naval College, where Percival studied in 1930