Topic summary

Malayan campaign

Malayan campaign
BelligerentsBritish Empire:
Netherlands

Kuomintang of Malaya
Communist Party of MalayaJapan
Thailand
Kesatuan Melayu MudaCommanders and leadersArchibald Wavell
Robert Brooke-Popham
Arthur Percival
Lewis Heath
David Murray-Lyon
Archibald Paris†
Arthur Barstow†
Gordon Bennett
Tom Phillips†
Conway Pulford†
Leong Yew Koh
Lai Teck
Hisaichi Terauchi
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Takuro Matsui
Takuma Nishimura
Renya Mutaguchi

Plaek Phibunsongkhram
Nobutake Kondō
Jisaburō Ozawa
Shintarō Hashimoto
Ibrahim YaacobUnits involvedStrength 130,246 troops
253 aircraft
810 artillery pieces
208+ anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns
54 fortress guns
250+ AFVs
15,400+ motor vehicles 125,408 troops
799 aircraft
440+ artillery pieces
265 tanks
3,000+ trucksCasualties and losses130,246–138,708 casualties
7,500–8,000 killed
10,000–11,000+ wounded
~120,000+ captured or missing
440~ aircraft destroyed9,657–14,768 casualties
3,507–5,240 killed
6,150–9,528 wounded
>30 tanks destroyed
331 aircraft lost (92 in combat)
108–331 aircraft damaged or destroyed 20,000 to 83,000 civilians killed
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