Journey Destination Airports Duration KUL – NGO Tokoname, Centrair Airport 9 hrs 30 mins KUL – NRT Tokyo, New Tokyo International Airport 6 hrs 40 mins Table of contents 1. How many hours KL to Japan? 2. Can you drive to Japan from Malaysia? 3. How many hours is Malaysia to USA? 4. How long […]
Penang was bombed by the Japanese on 11 December 1941. After Japan seized Jitra and Alor Star on 12 December 1941, they fell under the control of the Imperial Japanese Army. Slim River was a battle in which two brigades of India’s 11th Infantry Division fell, giving the Japanese army easy access to Kuala Lumpur, […]
In the hours leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese invaded what was then Malaya and the Pacific War began. Afterward, ethnic Chinese were subjected to three years and eight months of brutal Japanese rule. Table of contents 1. How long did Japan invade Malaysia? 2. How long was Japan occupied? 3. […]
A Portuguese army captures Malacca in 1511, marking the beginning of European colonial claims over Malaysia. Malacca is pushed out of Portuguese control by the Dutch East India Company and local allies in 1641. Malaya becomes more important as the British trade with China expands in the 1700s, now known as Malaya. Table of contents […]
Full Name Federated and Unfederated Malay States Possessing Power United Kingdom Entry into WW2 8 Dec 1941 Population in 1939 4,000,000 Civilian Deaths in WW2 60,000 Table of contents 1. Has Malaysia been in any wars? 2. Did the Japanese invade Malaysia? 3. Why did Japan invade Malaya? 4. What was Malaysia doing in WW2? […]