14 Dec 1941
Malaya
Malaya
- At 1500 hours, Japanese troops overran Allied defenses near Gurun, British Malaya but failed to reach the town. ww2dbase [Invasion of Malaya and Singapore | Gurun, Kedah | AC]
15 Dec 1941
Malaya
Malaya
- Japanese troops overran the Allied defenses at Gurun, Kedah in Malaya, opening up the road toward Penang. On the same day, the British abandoned RAF Butterworth in Penang, flying all of of the remaining aircraft to Singapore. ww2dbase [Invasion of Malaya and Singapore | Gurun, Kedah | CPC]
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