Malayan Campaign

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Malayan_Campaign

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:casualties	Allied: ~8,700 killed Japanese: ~3,500 killed
gptkbp:cause	gptkb:Battle_of_Singapore
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Australia gptkb:British_India gptkb:Empire_of_Japan gptkb:Malaya gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Arthur_Percival gptkb:Tomoyuki_Yamashita
gptkbp:endDate	31 January 1942
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Battle_of_Singapore
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Malayan Campaign
gptkbp:location	gptkb:British_Malaya
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Sinking_of_HMS_Repulse gptkb:Japanese_invasion_of_Malaya gptkb:Retreat_to_Singapore gptkb:Sinking_of_HMS_Prince_of_Wales
gptkbp:objective	gptkb:Capture_of_Singapore
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Japanese_invasion_of_Thailand
gptkbp:result	Japanese victory
gptkbp:significance	Collapse of British defenses in Southeast Asia Start of Japanese occupation of Malaya
gptkbp:startDate	8 December 1941
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:25th_Army_(Imperial_Japanese_Army) gptkb:Southeast_Asian_Theater gptkb:Southeast_Asian_Theatre_of_World_War_II gptkb:The_Tiger_of_Malaya gptkb:Japanese_invasion_of_Singapore gptkb:British_and_Imperial_forces gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_Singapore gptkb:Timothy_Ashmead_Vigors gptkb:Battle_of_Singapore
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6