British, Malay, Indian and Australian forces under Lieutenant General Arthur Percival. Japanese: 25th Army under General Tomoyuki Yamashita. Outcome: The Japanese advanced rapidly through Malaya ...
The pair had served in Kluang in Malaysia as part of their National Service during the Malayan Emergency - a war fought between the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) and British, Federation ...
On Sept 9,1945,46 British Indian Army battalions comprising 42,651 army personnel and 3,698 armoured vehicles landed in Morib, Selangor. The covert operation was part of the British Army's ...