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Part of Pacific War

Malayan campaign

December 8, 1941 – January 31, 1942 · Battle site

Result Japanese victory

Japan's conquest of British Malaya: landing at Kota Bharu and in southern Thailand, its army advanced down the peninsula in eight weeks and drove the Commonwealth forces back to Singapore.

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Axis

Allies

Other

Japan
Thailand
United Kingdom
Australia
British Raj
New Zealand
Dutch East Indies
Netherlands
Plaek Phibunsongkhram military commander Renya Mutaguchi military commander Nobutake Kondō military commander Jisaburō Ozawa military commander Tomoyuki Yamashita military commander Hisaichi Terauchi military commander Takurō Matsui military commander Takuma Nishimura military commander
Archibald Wavell military commander Robert Brooke-Popham military commander Arthur Percival military commander Gordon Bennett military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
125,408
Casualties
9,657–14,768
Killed
3,507–5,240
Wounded
6,150–9,528
Tanks
265
Tanks lost
c. 30
Aircraft
799
Aircraft lost
331
Guns
440
Vehicles
3,000
Strength
130,246
Casualties
130,246–138,708
Killed
7,500–8,000
Wounded
10,000–11,000
Missing
c. 120,000
Tanks
250
Aircraft
253
Guns
54
Vehicles
15,400
Civilian deaths
20,000–83,000

Units

Japanese 25th Army 18th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 3rd Tank Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 56th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 5th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) Southern Expeditionary Army Group Imperial Guard Division Japanese Second Fleet 11th Air Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy) Imperial Japanese Army Air Service Royal Thai Air Force Genzan Air Group Kanoya Air Group
British Far East Command Force Z Malaya Command III Corps (India) 11th Infantry Division (India) 9th Infantry Division (India) 8th Division (Australia) 53rd Brigade (United Kingdom) Royal Malay Regiment Straits Settlements Volunteer Force Royal Netherlands East Indies Army 12th Indian Infantry Brigade 22nd Brigade (Australia) 27th Brigade (Australia) 44th Indian Infantry Brigade 45th Indian Infantry Brigade 2/30th Battalion (Australia) East Indies Fleet Royal Air Force No. 488 Squadron RNZAF Royal Australian Air Force Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force Royal New Zealand Air Force
1st Malaya Infantry Brigade

Battles 7

Also involved 1