Battle of Kota Bharu

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The Battle of Kota Bharu was a World War II engagement in December 1941 in British Malaya, notable as one of the first major Japanese amphibious landings that marked the beginning of the Malayan Campaign.

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Battle of Kota Bahru 1
Battle of Kota Bharu canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
airfieldInvolved Kota Bharu airfield ⓘ
airSupport Allied air operations from nearby airfields ⓘ
Japanese naval aviation support ⓘ
attacker Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan
belligerent Australia ⓘ
British India ⓘ
Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan

United Kingdom ⓘ
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
combatantCommander Brigadier B. W. Key ⓘ
Major General Arthur Percival ⓘ
Major General Takumi Hiroshi ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryAtTime United Kingdom ⓘ
dateContext occurred hours before the attack on Pearl Harbor (local time) ⓘ
defender Australian forces ⓘ
British Indian Army ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
defensiveMeasure British coastal defenses and beach obstacles ⓘ
endDate 1941-12-08 ⓘ
followedBy Japanese advance southward in Malaya ⓘ
geographicalFeature took place along the beaches near Kota Bharu ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Battle of Kota Bahru ⓘ
hasChronologyRelation one of the first major engagements of the Pacific War ⓘ
impact facilitated rapid Japanese advance down the Malayan Peninsula ⓘ
involvedUnit Imperial Japanese Army 18th Division elements ⓘ
Indian 8th Infantry Brigade ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force units ⓘ
location British Malaya ⓘ
Kelantan ⓘ
Kota Bharu ⓘ
notableFor first major Japanese amphibious landing in the Malayan Campaign ⓘ
one of the first Japanese landings against British Malaya in World War II ⓘ
operation Japanese invasion of Malaya ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Malaya
partOf Japanese conquest of Malaya ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Malaya

Malayan Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Malaya
precededBy Japanese naval approach to the coast of Kelantan ⓘ
result Japanese victory ⓘ
startDate 1941-12-08 ⓘ
strategicObjective capture airfields in Kelantan ⓘ
secure beachheads in northern Malaya ⓘ
tactic amphibious assault ⓘ
night landing ⓘ
theatre Pacific War ⓘ
South-East Asian theatre of World War II ⓘ

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Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia → conflict → Battle of Kota Bharu ⓘ
Battle of Kota Bharu → hasAlternativeName → Battle of Kota Bahru ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kota Bharu