"Japanese advance (December 1941–March 1942)" Topic
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| Tango01 | 13 Nov 2018 3:08 p.m. PST |
"Landing first on the north-east coast of Malaya on 8 December 1941, Japanese troops took just 70 days to crush the British Empire forces in Malaya and Singapore, which was surrendered on 15 February 1942. The Japanese had already captured Rabaul, the capital of the Australian-controlled territory of New Guinea, on 23 January 1942, and early in February Australian and Dutch forces surrendered the island of Ambon in the Netherlands East Indies (modern Indonesia). At midnight on 19-20 December 1941 the Japanese attacked the island of Timor. Australian and Dutch troops resisted the invasion but on 23 February more than 1000 men were forced to surrender. The Australian 2/2nd Independent Company, together with some men from the 2/40th Battalion and supporting troops, remained and fought a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in Portuguese East Timor until the end of 1942…."
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