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Japanese invasion of Malaya (1941)
On the Road to WW2 map as “The Kota Bharu landings”
8 Dec 1941 — Japanese troops land at Kota Bharu in British Malaya an hour before the attack on Pearl Harbor, across the date line. Their southern advance for oil, rubber and tin has begun.
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- Pearl Harbor and US entry into WW2 (chapter 12 of Road to WW2)
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- The Road to War, 1931–1941
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