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Japanese break through in Malaya

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Japanese break through in Malaya

7th January 1942: Disaster for British forces in the Battle of Slim River.

Jan 7, 2022
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Japanese break through in Malaya

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Stocks of rubber, held by a factory on a rubber plantation in Malaya, are burnt during the British retreat to Singapore.

In prepared positions the British forces on Malaya had inflicted serious losses on the Japanese invaders at the battle of Kampar. But the Japanese had simply landed troops behind and approached through the jungle to outflank the Britis…

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