Table of Data Points

Tag : Land

1942-01-11Kuala Lumpur

Japanese army captures Kuala Lumpur.

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1942-01-071942-04-09Battle of Battan

The Battle of Bataan represented the most intense phase of Japan's invasion of the Philippines. The Philippine Islands was crucial to their to control the Southwest Pacific, seize the resource-rich Dutch East Indies, and protect its Southeast Asia flank.

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1942-01-05Japanese attack Trolak

Japanese attack, but fail to capture Trolak from British defenders.

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1942-01-02Manila Falls

Manila is captured by Japanese forces.

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1941-12-24Japan captures Kuching

Kuching is conquered by Japanese forces.

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1941-12-23Wake Island Occupied

Japanese forces occupy Wake Island.

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1941-12-16Miri

Japanese troops occupy Miri, a city in northern Sarawak, Malaysia, on the island of Borneo.

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1941-12-10HMS Prince of Wales Sunk

Attacked and sunk by 86 Japanese bombers and torpedo bombers. Several hundred men were killed when the ship sank, with Vice-Admiral Phillips and Captain Leach being among those lost.

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1941-12-10Philippines Campaign

Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on the Philippine mainland.

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1941-12-08Wake Island Attacked

27 Japanese medium "Nell" bombers flown from bases on Kwajalein in the Marshall Island group attacked Wake Island, destroying eight of the 12 F4F Wildcat fighter aircraft belonging to Marine Corps fighter squadron VMF-211 on the ground.

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