Battle of Gemas

Quand

14 janv. 1942

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

2.58° N, 102.58° E

Description

1942 battle of the Malayan Campaign in World War II

War

World War II

Battle of the Malayan Campaign in World War II

The Battle of Gemas—part of the wider Battle of Muar—took place during the Japanese invasion of Malaya in the Pacific Campaign of the Second World War. The action occurred on 14 January 1942 at the Gemencheh Bridge near Gemas and saw almost 800 troops of the Japanese 5th Division killed, wounded or missing during a fierce ambush initiated by Australian soldiers from 2/30th Battalion, assigned to the 27th Brigade of t…

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• World War II1 sept. 1939 · Guerre mondiale · Morts 75 000 000