Invasi Malaya oleh Jepang

Invasi Jepang ke Malaya
	Bagian dari Pertempuran Malaya, Perang Dunia Kedua
	; Pantai Bachok, Kota Bharu, Juli 1941, yang diyakini merupakan salah satu titik pendaratan Jepang.
Tanggal	8 Desember 1941
Lokasi	Malaya
Hasil	Kemenangan Jepang
Pihak terlibat
Kekaisaran Britania: Britania Raya; India Britania; Australia;	Kekaisaran Jepang
Tokoh dan pemimpin
Arthur Percival; Arthur Barstow; Berthold Key; Arthur Cumming; C.W.H.Pulford	Tomoyuki Yamashita; Shintarō Hashimoto; Hiroshi Takumi
Pasukan
India Britania:; Korps India III; Divisi India ke-9; Divisi India ke-11; RAF Skuadron No. 27; RAF Skuadron No. 36; RAF Skuadron No. 62; RAF Skuadron No. 205; Australia:; No. 1 Squadron RAAF; No. 8 Squadron RAAF; No. 21 Squadron RAAF; No. 453 Squadron RAAF	Tentara Kedua Puluh Lima:; Divisi ke-5; Divisi ke-18; Angkatan Laut Kekaisaran Jepang
Kekuatan
N/A	1 kapal pesiar terang; 4 kapal penghancur; 2 minesweepers; 1 submarine chaser; 3 kapal armada; 5,300 infanteri
Korban
68 tewas; 360 luka-luka; 37 hilang	3 kapal armada rusak; 320 tewas; 538 luka-luka

Invasi Jepang ke Malaya dimulai tepat setelah tengah malam pada 8 Desember 1941 (waktu lokal) sebelum serangan Pearl Harbor. Peristiwa tersebut merupakan pertempuran utama pertama pada Perang Pasifik,^[11] dan pertarungan antara pasukan bawah tanah Angkatan Darat India Britania dan Kekaisaran Jepang.

Kota Bharu, ibukota negara bagian Kelantan di pesisir timur laut Malaysia, pada 1941, merupakan pangkalan operasi Pasukan Udara Kerajaan Inggris dan Pasukan Udara Kerajaan Australia di Utara Malaya.

Catatan

^ L, Klemen (1999–2000). "Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942.
^ L, Klemen (1999–2000). "Rear-Admiral Shintaro Hashimoto". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942.
^ ^a ^b ^c Niehorster, Leo (2000). "Order of Battle-Royal Air Force-Far East Command-Norgroup". World War II Armed Forces.
^ 1 Squadron RAAF, Australian War Memorial
^ 8 Squadron RAAF, Australian War Memorial
^ 21 Squadron RAAF, Australian War Memorial
^ 453 Squadron RAAF, Australian War Memorial
^ ^a ^b Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander, "HIJMS SENDAI: Tabular Record of Movement", Imperial Japanese Navy Page, diakses tanggal 4 Januari 2011
^ ^a ^b Alan Warren (2007), page 64
^ Rahill, Siti, (Kyodo News) "Remembering the war's first battle", Japan Times, 10 December 2009, p. 3.
^ Burton 2006, p. 91. "The first major battle of the Pacific War was under way more than two hours before Japan's carrier planes descended on Hawaii."

Referensi

Australians at War, Australian War Memorial
Burton, John (2006). Fortnight of infamy: the collapse of Allied airpower west of Pearl Harbor. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-096-X.
Dull, Paul S (2007), A battle history of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941–1945, Naval Institute Press, hlm. 40, ISBN 978-1-59114-219-5, diakses tanggal 2010-01-15
Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander, Imperial Japanese Navy Page
Jeffreys, Alan; Anderson, Duncan (2005). British Army in the Far East 1941–45. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-790-5.
L, Klemen (1999–2000). "Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942".
Niehorster, Leo (1997–2011). "World War II Armed Forces".
Percival, Arthur (1946). "Percival's Official Report to the British Government". FEPOW Community Site. Fepow Community. Diakses tanggal 2009-05-23.
Pike, John. "Military". Globalsecurity.com. Diakses tanggal 2009-05-23.
Rahill, Siti (10 December 2009). "Remembering the war's first battle". Japan Times. hlm. 3. Parameter |section= akan diabaikan (bantuan)
Richards, Denis; Saunders, Hilary St G (1954). Royal Air Force 1939–45: Volume II The Fight Avails. London: HMSO. ISBN 978-0-11-772114-2. Diakses tanggal 7/6/11.
Smith, Colin (2006). Singapore Burning. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-101036-6.
Tsuji, Masanobu (1997). Japan's Greatest Victory, Britain's Worst Defeat. translator: Margaret E Lake. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 1-873376-75-8.
Warren, Alan (2007). Britain's Greatest Defeat, Singapore 1942. Lancaster: Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-85285-597-0.

Bacaan tambahan

[1] L, Klemen (1999–2000). "Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942.

[2] L, Klemen (1999–2000). "Rear-Admiral Shintaro Hashimoto". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942.

[Niehorster-Norgroup-3] Niehorster, Leo (2000). "Order of Battle-Royal Air Force-Far East Command-Norgroup". World War II Armed Forces.

[4] 1 Squadron RAAF, Australian War Memorial

[5] 8 Squadron RAAF, Australian War Memorial

[6] 21 Squadron RAAF, Australian War Memorial

[7] 453 Squadron RAAF, Australian War Memorial

[SENDAI-8] Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander, "HIJMS SENDAI: Tabular Record of Movement", Imperial Japanese Navy Page, diakses tanggal 4 Januari 2011

[Alan_Warren,_page_64-9] Alan Warren (2007), page 64

[10] Rahill, Siti, (Kyodo News) "Remembering the war's first battle", Japan Times, 10 December 2009, p. 3.

[11] Burton 2006, p. 91. "The first major battle of the Pacific War was under way more than two hours before Japan's carrier planes descended on Hawaii."

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