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Malaya Command and Malayan Campaign

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Difference between Malaya Command and Malayan Campaign

Malaya Command vs. Malayan Campaign

The Malaya Command was a formation of the British Army formed in the 1920s for the coordination of the defences of British Malaya, which comprised the Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay States and the Unfederated Malay States. The Malayan Campaign was a military campaign fought by Allied and Axis forces in Malaya, from 8 December 1941 – 31 January 1942 during the Second World War.

Similarities between Malaya Command and Malayan Campaign

Malaya Command and Malayan Campaign have 58 things in common (in Unionpedia): American-British-Dutch-Australian Command, Arthur Percival, Battle of Muar, Battle of Singapore, Battle of Slim River, Brewster F2A Buffalo, Bristol Blenheim, British Army, British Indian Army, British Malaya, Charles Groves Wright Anderson, Consolidated PBY Catalina, David Murray-Lyon, Dutch East Indies, Endau, Federated Malay States, Gordon Bennett (general), Herbert Cecil Duncan, III Corps (India), Imperial Japanese Army, Japanese invasion of Malaya, Japanese order of battle during the Malayan Campaign, Kallang Airport, Kluang (town), Kota Bharu, Kuala Lumpur, Lewis Heath, Lionel Vivian Bond, Lockheed Hudson, Malay Peninsula, ..., Mersing, Merton Beckwith-Smith, No. 1 Squadron RAAF, No. 100 Squadron RAF, No. 205 Squadron RAF, No. 21 Squadron RAAF, No. 243 Squadron RAF, No. 27 Squadron RAF, No. 34 Squadron RAF, No. 36 Squadron RAF, No. 453 Squadron RAAF, No. 488 Squadron RNZAF, No. 60 Squadron RAF, No. 62 Squadron RAF, No. 8 Squadron RAAF, Operation Krohcol, Penang, Royal Engineers, Royal Malay Regiment, Singapore, Tomoyuki Yamashita, Twenty-Fifth Army (Japan), Vickers Vildebeest, William Dobbie, World War II, 11th Infantry Division (India), 53rd Brigade (United Kingdom), 8th Division (Australia). Expand index (28 more) »

American-British-Dutch-Australian Command

The American-British-Dutch-Australian (ABDA) Command, or ABDACOM, was a short-lived, supreme command for all Allied forces in South East Asia, in early 1942, during the Pacific War in World War II.

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Arthur Percival

Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival, (26 December 1887 – 31 January 1966) was a senior British Army officer.

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Battle of Muar

The Battle of Muar was the last major battle of the Malayan Campaign during the Second World War.

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Battle of Singapore

The Battle of Singapore, also known as the Fall of Singapore, was fought in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II when the Empire of Japan invaded the British stronghold of Singapore—nicknamed the "Gibraltar of the East".

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Battle of Slim River

The Battle of Slim River occurred during the Malayan campaign in January 1942 between the Imperial Japanese Army and the British Indian Army on the west coast of Malaya.

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Brewster F2A Buffalo

The Brewster F2A Buffalo is an American fighter aircraft which saw service early in World War II.

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Bristol Blenheim

The Bristol Blenheim is a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (Bristol) which was used extensively in the first two years and in some cases throughout the Second World War.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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British Indian Army

The Indian Army (IA), often known since 1947 (but rarely during its existence) as the British Indian Army to distinguish it from the current Indian Army, was the principal military of the British Indian Empire before its decommissioning in 1947.

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British Malaya

The term British Malaya loosely describes a set of states on the Malay Peninsula and the island of Singapore that were brought under British control between the 18th and the 20th centuries.

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Charles Groves Wright Anderson

Charles Groves Wright Anderson, VC, MC (12 February 1897 – 11 November 1988) was a South African-born soldier, Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, a member of the Australian House of Representatives, and a farmer.

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Consolidated PBY Catalina

The Consolidated PBY Catalina, also known as the Canso in Canadian service, is an American flying boat, and later an amphibious aircraft of the 1930s and 1940s produced by Consolidated Aircraft.

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David Murray-Lyon

Major General David Murrey Murray-Lyon, (14 August 1890 – 4 February 1975) was an officer in the British Indian Army.

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Dutch East Indies

The Dutch East Indies (or Netherlands East-Indies; Nederlands(ch)-Indië; Hindia Belanda) was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia.

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Endau

Endau is a small town in Mersing District, Johor, Malaysia.

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Federated Malay States

The Federated Malay States (FMS) was a federation of four protected states in the Malay Peninsula—Selangor, Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang—established by the British government in 1895, which lasted until 1946, when they, together with two of the former Straits Settlements (Malacca and Penang) and the Unfederated Malay States, formed the Malayan Union.

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Gordon Bennett (general)

Lieutenant General Henry Gordon Bennett (15 April 1887 – 1 August 1962) was a senior Australian Army officer who served in both World War I and World War II.

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Herbert Cecil Duncan

Brigadier Herbert Cecil Duncan (19 August 1895 – 20 January 1942) was a British Indian Army officer who commanded the 45th Indian Infantry Brigade during the Battle of Malaya.

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III Corps (India)

The III Corps was a formation of the Indian Army during World War I formed in Mesopotamia.

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Imperial Japanese Army

The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun; "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945.

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Japanese invasion of Malaya

The Japanese Invasion of Malaya began just after midnight on 8 December 1941 (local time) before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Japanese order of battle during the Malayan Campaign

The Japanese Imperial Army landed the 25th Army under the command of General Tomoyuki Yamashita on the east coasts of Malaya and Thailand on the night of 7 December 1941.

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Kallang Airport

Kallang Airport, also known as Kallang Aerodrome, Kallang Airfield and RAF Kallang, opened on 12 June 1937 as Singapore's first purpose-built civil airport and was built together with an anchorage area for seaplanes along the airport's perimeter on the waterfront (on the Kallang River).

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Kluang (town)

The Kluang (Tamil: குளுவாங்) is a town in Kluang District, Johor, Malaysia.

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Kota Bharu

Kota Bharu (Jawi: كوت بهارو; Chinese: 哥打峇鲁; occasionally referred to as Kota Baharu) is a city in Malaysia that serves as the state capital and royal seat of Kelantan.

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Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur, officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur (Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur), or commonly known as KL, is the national capital of Malaysia as well as its largest city in the country.

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Lewis Heath

Lieutenant General Sir Lewis Macclesfield Heath, (23 November 1885 – 10 January 1954) was an officer in the British Indian Army during the early to mid-twentieth century.

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Lionel Vivian Bond

Lieutenant-General Sir Lionel Vivian Bond, KBE, CB (1884–1961) was a senior officer in the British Army.

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Lockheed Hudson

The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter.

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Malay Peninsula

The Malay Peninsula (Tanah Melayu, تانه ملايو; คาบสมุทรมลายู,, မလေး ကျွန်းဆွယ်, 马来半岛 / 馬來半島) is a peninsula in Southeast Asia.

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Mersing

Mersing is a town, mukim and the capital of Mersing District, Johor, Malaysia.

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Merton Beckwith-Smith

Major General Merton Beckwith-Smith, (11 July 1890 – 11 November 1942) was a senior British Army officer during both the First and Second World Wars.

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No. 1 Squadron RAAF

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No. 100 Squadron RAF

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No. 205 Squadron RAF

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No. 21 Squadron RAAF

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No. 243 Squadron RAF

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No. 27 Squadron RAF

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No. 34 Squadron RAF

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No. 36 Squadron RAF

No 36 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps (later the Royal Air Force) was formed at Cramlington in 1916 and was disbanded for the last time in 1975.

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No. 453 Squadron RAAF

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No. 488 Squadron RNZAF

488 Squadron was the name given to two distinct Royal New Zealand Air Force squadrons during the Second World War.

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No. 60 Squadron RAF

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No. 62 Squadron RAF

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No. 8 Squadron RAAF

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Operation Krohcol

Operation Krohcol, or the Battle for The Ledge, was a British operation in December 1941 to invade southern Thailand following the Japanese invasion of Malaya and of Thailand during World War II.

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Penang

Penang is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait.

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Royal Engineers

The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army.

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Royal Malay Regiment

The Royal Malay Regiment (Rejimen Askar Melayu DiRaja; Jawi: ريجيمن عسكر ملايو دراج) is the premier unit of the Malaysian Army's two infantry regiments.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia.

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Tomoyuki Yamashita

was an Imperial Japanese Army general during World War II.

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Twenty-Fifth Army (Japan)

The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, noted for its role in the Malayan Campaign and the Battle of Singapore.

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Vickers Vildebeest

The Vickers Vildebeest and the similar Vickers Vincent were two very large two- to three-seat single-engined British biplanes designed and built by Vickers and used as light bombers, torpedo bombers and in army cooperation roles.

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William Dobbie

Lieutenant General Sir William George Shedden Dobbie, (12 July 1879 – 3 October 1964) was a British Army veteran of the Second Boer War and the First and Second World Wars.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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11th Infantry Division (India)

The 11th Indian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II.

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53rd Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 53rd Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service in both the First and Second World Wars.

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8th Division (Australia)

The 8th Division was an infantry division of the Australian Army, formed during World War II as part of the all-volunteer Second Australian Imperial Force.

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Malaya Command and Malayan Campaign Comparison

Malaya Command has 201 relations, while Malayan Campaign has 192. As they have in common 58, the Jaccard index is 14.76% = 58 / (201 + 192).

References

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