Malayan Campaign | |||||||||
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Part of the Pacific War, World War II | |||||||||
Troops of the Imperial Japanese Army crouch on a street in Johore Bahru in the final stages of the Malayan Campaign. |
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Netherlands East Indies air force MPAJA |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Arthur Percival Lewis Heath Merton Beckwith-Smith Gordon Bennett |
Tomoyuki Yamashita Takuma Nishimura Takuro Matsui Renya Mutaguchi Phibunsongkhram |
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Strength | |||||||||
140,000 troops 253 aircraft 810 artillery pieces 208+ anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns 54 fortress guns 250+ AFVs 15,400+ motor vehicles |
70,000 troops 568 aircraft 440+ artillery pieces 200 tanks 3,000+ trucks |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||||
138,708 7,500 killed 10,000 wounded 130,000 captured |
9,657 3,507 killed 6,150 wounded |
Netherlands East Indies air force