{"id":4900,"date":"2014-01-09T18:44:42","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T00:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secondbysecondworldwar.com\/?p=4900"},"modified":"2014-01-09T18:44:42","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T00:44:42","slug":"this-week-in-the-war-5-11-january-1942-the-fall-of-kuala-lumpur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondbysecondworldwar.com\/?p=4900","title":{"rendered":"This week in the War, 5–11 January 1942: The fall of Kuala Lumpur"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Japanese troops advance into Kuala Lumpur, 11 January 1942 [Public domain, Australian War Memorial]<\/p><\/div>Japanese forces were on the move throughout South-East Asia.<\/p>\n

In the Philippines, they were advancing towards the Bataan peninsula. In Malaya, Lieutenant-General Tomoyuki Yamashita’s troops crossed the River Slim on 7 January 1942 and were advancing, with armoured support, towards Kuala Lumpur. On 10 January, Japanese forces staged a landing on the (oil-rich) island of Tarakan in Borneo; American general Douglas MacArthur inspected Bataan’s defences; and the British finally abandoned Kuala Lumpur. The Japanese moved into the city almost immediately.<\/p>\n

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Japanese troops in a street in Kuala Lumpur, 11 January 1942 [Public domain, Australian War Memorial]<\/p><\/div>During this period, General Archibald Wavell arrived in Singapore to take charge of British defences and, in Washington D.C., President Roosevelt proposed to Congress a target of 125,000 planes and 8 million tons of shipping to be built within the next two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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