Defeat in Malaya: The Fall of Singapore

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Автор: Arthur Swinson

Название: Defeat in Malaya: The Fall of Singapore

Издательство: Ballantine Books

Серия: Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II Campaign Book №5

Год: 1972

ISBN: 0356030725

Формат: PDF

Страниц: 160

Размер: 61 Mb

Язык: English

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Japanese air and naval attacks on British and United States bases in Malaya and the Philippines were coordinated with the December 7, 1941, assault on Pearl Harbor. Japan's Southern Army quickly moved from bases in southern Indochina and Hainan to attack southern Thailand and northern Malaya on December

8. The Japanese easily captured British air bases in northern Malaya and soon controlled the air and sea-lanes in the South China Sea as far south as the Strait of Malacca. Naval landings were made on the Thai coast at Singora and Patani and on the Malayan coast at Kota Baharu.