Malayan Campaign
Key Time Line
7–8 Dec 1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor; Japanese troops land in Singora, Patani and Kota Bharu.
10 Dec 1941
Japanese sink HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales.
12–13 Dec 1941
Fall of Jitra line.
19 Dec 1941
Japanese capture Penang.
7 Jan 1942
Battle of Slim River.
11 Jan 1942
Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur.
16 Jan 1942
Battle of Muar.
31 Jan 1942
Last Allied troops cross the Causeway into Singapore.
