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| Interpretative
Centre Level 1 - Gallery 1 |
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| Defence Of Malaya |
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| British Defence Plans
Crushed The "Main Fleet to Singapore" strategy collapsed on 10th December 1941, a mere two days after Japanese invaded Malaya, when the Prince of Wales and the Repulse, the only two battleships, were sunk 60 miles off Kuantan. |
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| Soon after landing on southern Thailand and northern Malaya, the Japanese invading forces established air superiority as Britain had only old and obsolete aircraft. |
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Britain had no tanks to stop the Japanese onslaught over land.
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"Only in the Battle of Singapore did the British employ a squadron of obsolescent light tanks. The effect of Japanese tanks on young troops was demoralising." Lt-General A.E. Percival |
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Japanese troops landed at Kota Bahru on 8th
December 1941 at 12.25am - 90 minutes before the bombing of Pearl
Harbour. |
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