What the records say
- When
- 8 Dec 1941
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 6.07° N, 102.40° E
- Description
- WWII battle on 8 December, 1941
Placed at the point its Tamil Wikipedia article gives.
Battle of Kota Bharu
WWII battle on 8 December 1941
The Battle of Kota Bharu began just after midnight on 8 December 1941 before the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was the first major battle of the Pacific War, and was fought between ground forces of the British Indian Army and the Empire of Japan.
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- Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Сражение в Кота-Бару между британскими и японскими войсками”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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