Operation Zipper

Operation Zipper
Part of the Second World War
Rear Admiral Jisaku Uozumi signs the surrender document aboard the HMS Nelson. 2 September 1945. He fainted shortly afterwards and was rushed to hospital. Note the Distinguished Service Cross ribbon on Uozumi's uniform, which he had earned as Britain's ally in World War I.
Date 28 August – 2 September 1945 Location Penang, Malaya Result Unopposed Allied victory Liberation of Malaya Establishment of British Military Administration
Belligerents
British Empire: Fourteenth Army XXXIV Corps	Empire of Japan: 7th Area Army
Commanders and leaders
Harold Walker Ouvry Roberts	Jisaku Uozumi  (POW)
Strength
42,651 infantry 2 escort carriers 1 battleship 1 light cruiser 3 destroyers 3 troopships	26,000 infantry
Casualties and losses
None	26,000 captured

Unopposed Allied victory

 British Empire:

 Empire of Japan:

During World War II, Operation Zipper was a British plan to capture either Port Swettenham or Port Dickson, Malaya as staging areas for the recapture of Singapore in Operation Mailfist. However, due to the end of the war in the Pacific, it was never fully executed. Some of the proposed landings on Penang went ahead as planned to probe Japanese intentions, encountering no resistance. The planned deception for this attack was called Operation Slippery, whilst a small Special Operations Executive team led by Tun Ibrahim Ismail which landed in October 1944 managed to convince the Japanese that the landings were to be on the Isthmus of Kra, 650 miles (1,050 km) to the north.

Operation Tiderace was instead put into action following the surrender of Japan. The Allied fleet departed Rangoon on 27 August 1945, as part of Vice Admiral Harold Walker's force. The fleet sailing for Penang was designated 'Task Force 11', and consisted of the battleship HMS Nelson, escort carriers HMS Attacker and HMS Hunter, light cruiser HMS Ceylon, destroyers HMS Paladin and HMS Petard and two Landing Ship, Infantry. They arrived in Penang on 28 August. HMS Nelson was the flagship of the fleet, and the articles of surrender were signed aboard the battleship on 2 September.

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